Student Writing Handbook Fifth+Edition

432 / Glossary bibliography cards cards, usually 3" × 5", on which bibliographic information is recorded prior to the preparatio ...

Glossary / 433 clause, subordinate a group of words containing a subject and verb that depend on a main clause for meaning; also ...

434 / Glossary comparison a method of development by which two subjects, seemingly different, are shown to be similar. [See Chap ...

Glossary / 435 compound verb two or more simple predicates. Example: The canoe rolled on its side and dumped us in the water. [C ...

436 / Glossary crisis the turning point of a conflict, when it becomes clear how the conflict will be resolved. critical writing ...

Glossary / 437 direct address a form of noun that names a specific person. Example: How are you, Mary? (Mary is a noun of direct ...

438 / Glossary essay question a question, as on a test or application, that requires an orga- nized, logical, well-developed ans ...

Glossary / 439 flashback the introduction into the events of a story or an episode that took place earlier. focus in writing, a ...

440 / Glossary gerund a verbal noun ending in –ing used like a noun but capable of taking an object or an adverbial modifier. Ex ...

Glossary / 441 inflection a change of form by which words show number, case, gender, tense, comparison, and so on. For instance, ...

442 / Glossary irregular verb verb that does not follow the regular –ed ending for past tense and past participle. Example: see, ...

Glossary / 443 modifier a word, phrase, or clause that limits the meaning of another word or phrase. [See adjective, adverb, inf ...

444 / Glossary opinion a method of developing a paragraph or multi-paragraph paper by which the writer expresses a personal beli ...

Glossary / 445 part-by-part organization a means of organization, particularly in a compari- son or contrast paper, in which the ...

446 / Glossary personal pronoun any one of a group of pronouns divided into three sets: first person (I, my), second person (you ...

Glossary / 447 predicate noun a noun that follows a linking verb and identifies the subject. Example: Marcia is my friend. [See ...

448 / Glossary pyramid, inverted the organization of a paragraph in which the most important idea appears first, followed by the ...

Glossary / 449 rising action in a play, novel, short story, and so on, the building action that occurs from the beginning of the ...

450 / Glossary singular referring to only one. slang coarse or highly informal language, avoided in formal speech and writing; i ...

Glossary / 451 tense a form or set of forms of a verb that show the time. [See verb.] theme 1. a topic or subject, as of a lectu ...