Advanced Writing Cheat Sheet
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Varied Sentence Beginnings
1. Two Adjectives
A. Separated by a conjunction
Ex.: Studious and responsible, Mike reviewed his vocabulary for the upcoming quiz.
Ex.: Tired yet determined, Susie finished her homework into the late hours of the night.
B. Separated by a comma
Ex.: Studious, responsible students review vocabulary nightly in anticipation for the quiz.
2. Adverb(s)
A. TWO adverbs separated by a conjunction
Ex.: Quickly and silently, the cat pounced on its prey.
Ex.: Concisely but eloquently, José delivered his important message.
B. ONE adverb
Ex.: Steadfastly, Shinneaka pursued her ambition of becoming a journalist.
3.
Prepositional Phrase (shows a relationship between word or ideas (location, direction, time, cause, or possession.
The phrase contains a preposition followed by a noun or pronoun)
Ex.: (Through his hard work and dedication), Robert secured a full-ride football scholarship to Duke.
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Ex.: (After months of intense practice), Madison finally earned her coveted 1
chair violin position.
Common Prepositions:
Aboard
About
Above
Across
After
Amidst
Among
Amongst
Around
Aside
At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond
By
Concerning
Despite
Down
During
Except
Following
For
From
In
Inside
Into
Like
Near
Next
Notwithstanding
Of
Off
On
Onto
Opposite
Out
Outside
Over
Past
Regarding
Since
Through
Throughout
To
Toward
Towards
Under
Underneath
Unlike
Until
Up
Upon
With
Within
Without
According to
As far as
Aside from
Because of
By means of
Close to
Due to
Except for
Far from
In addition to
In accordance with
In case of
In place of
On behalf of
On top of
Outside of
Prior to
Regardless of
4. Infinitive Phrase (the word “to” followed by a verb)
Ex.: To achieve her goal, JiYoung made many personal sacrifices.
Ex.: To become an accomplished and well-known writer often takes dogged determination in the
face of multiple rejections.
5. Correlative Conjunction (work in pairs)
Ex.: Both confused and disoriented, Ryan struggled to remember the events of the accident.
Ex.: Neither fear of the unknown nor the certain danger could stop the hero.
. Correlative Conjunctions:
Either . . . or
Neither . . . nor
Whether . . . or
Both . . . and
Not only . . . but also
6. Appositive Phrase (an noun that interrupts the sentence to identify a nearby noun)
Ex.: A student of inexhaustible energy, Maria never tires of fully participating in class activities.
Ex.: The famous movie producer, Alfred Hitchcock made many classic horror movies.
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