CASA Writing Study Guide
CASA Writing (003) - Indiana Core Test Writing Study Guide
Punctuation
- Common Comma Functions
- Exclamation Point
- Semicolon Usage
- Apostrophes
- Italics and Ellipses
- Slash
- Brackets
- Dash
- Ellipsis
- Question Marks
- Quotation Marks
- Italicizing and Underlining
- Parentheses
- Hyphens
- Making Commas Flow
- Consistency In Punctuation
Grammar and Usage
- Subject Verb Agreement
- Verb Tenses
- Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Future Perfect Verb Tenses
- Linking Verbs
- Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
- Idiomatic Usage
- Nouns In Different Roles
- Preposition Overload
- Choosing the Correct Adjective
- Using the Correct Pronoun
- Verbals
- Predicates
- Prepositions
- English Root Words
- Subjects
- Complete Predicates
- Direct and Indirect Objects
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Gerund, Infinitive, and Participle
- Adjectives in a Series
- Degrees of Comparison
- Unequal Comparison Adjectives
- Unequal Comparison Adverbs
- Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Sentence Structure
- Sentence Structure
- Clauses
- Adverb Clauses and Adverbial Clauses
- Adjective Clauses and Phrases
- Misplaced Modifiers
Strategy
- Coherence In Writing
- Rhetorical Strategy of Cause and Effect Analysis
- Rhetorical Strategy of Classification and Division
- Rhetorical Strategy of Comparing and Contrasting
- Rhetorical Strategy of Description
- Rhetorical Strategy of Narration
- Rhetorical Strategy of Persuasion
- Rhetorical Schemes
- Writing a Response to the Text
- Thesis Statements
- Drafting a Thesis Statement
- Drafting Body Paragraphs
- Drafting Conclusions
- Introduction I
- Introduction II
- Persuasive Techniques
- Writing Strategies
Organization
- Complete Sentences
- Connecting Sentences
- Text Structure
- Organizational Methods to Structure Text
- Organization in a Paper
Style