Vocabulary+Builders

Acronyms Coined Words Etymologies Euphemisms Figures of Speech Malapropisms Palindromes Portmanteaus Figurative and Metaphorical use of context Transmogrifications Latin and Greek roots

Sentence Structure 1.1 Identify and correctly use prepositional phrases, appositives, and independent and dependent clauses; use transitions and conjunctions to connect ideas. Grammar 1.2 Identify and correctly use verbs that are often misused (e.g., lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise), modifiers, and pronouns. Punctuation 1.3 Use a colon to separate hours and minutes and to introduce a list; use quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker and titles of poems, songs, short stories, and so forth. Capitalization 1.4 Use correct capitalization. Spelling 1.5 Spell roots, suffixes, prefixes, contractions, and syllable constructions correctly.