Punctuation and Grammar: The English Language for Natives
A study of grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric. 196-page ebook included.
Lo que serás capaz de hacer
This English Language course, aimed at natives, includes the following: Downloadable lectures (via the Udemy App) on grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric (British teacher, 20 years' experience) Advanced lectures on how to identify and use determiners, nouns, verbs, conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, commas, colons, semicolons, apostrophes, hyphens, and rhetorical devices 196-page ebook that contains supplementary exercises on the above-mentioned themes. The ebook uses excerpts from Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), 1984 (George Orwell), Animal Farm (George Orwell), and Lord of the Flies (William Golding) to test your understanding of the role that phrases, clauses, and parts of speech play in punctuation and rhetoric. An analysis of the punctuation guidelines for academic English and for literature An analysis of the range of phrases and clauses that all writers use, including absolute phrases, participle phrases, appositives, gerund phrases, to-plus-infinitive phrases, adjectival phrases, adverbial phrases, subordinate clauses, relative clauses, and main clauses. An analysis of a variety of literary devices that writers use, including alliteration, assonance, oxymoron, anaphora, epistrophe, anadiplosis, chiasmus, antimetabole, epanalepsis, mesodiplosis, and many more. All questions answered promptly (within 24 hours) in the Q and A section Lifetime membership (more lessons and resources added every month) By the end of the course, you will be able to identify and explain the wide variety of phrases, clauses, and literary devices found in literature. Armed with a precise understanding of sentence structure, you will develop not only a keen appreciation of the skill required to compose a work of fiction, but also a deep understanding of how to use the very same skills in your own written work.
- How to identify and use the parts of speech confidently and correctly
- How to identify and use the different types of phrase and clause
- How to identify and employ different rhetorical devices, not only in your writing, but also in your speech
- How to enhance and expand both your grammar and your vocabulary
- How to express yourself with more variety, clarity, and originality
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UNIDAD 1 - How to use this course · 1 leccionesUNIDAD 1 - How to use this course
UNIDAD 1 - How to use this course
- How to use this course
UNIDAD 2 - Determiners and Pronouns · 8 leccionesUNIDAD 2 - Determiners and Pronouns
UNIDAD 2 - Determiners and Pronouns
- Determiners and Countability
- Determiners and Countability
- Pronouns and Determiners
- Pronouns and Determiners
- Who V whom and whose V who's
- Who V whom + whose V who's
- Overview of all the parts of speech
- The parts of speech - basic test
UNIDAD 3 - Nouns · 8 leccionesUNIDAD 3 - Nouns
UNIDAD 3 - Nouns
- Nouns and Appositives
- Nouns and Appositives
- Noun Phrases and Noun Clauses
- Noun Phrases and Noun Clauses
- Nouns that Function as Adjectives and Adverbs
- Nouns that Function as Adjectives and Adverbs
- The Parts of Speech - Lesson 2
- The Parts of Speech - Lesson 2
UNIDAD 4 - Verbs · 12 leccionesUNIDAD 4 - Verbs
UNIDAD 4 - Verbs
- Subject Verb Agreement
- Subject Verb Agreement
- Finite Verbs
- Finite Verbs
- Non-Finite Verbs
- Non-Finite Verbs
- To plus infinitive
- To plus infinitive
- Copular Verbs
- Copular Verbs
- The Parts of Speech - Lesson 3
- The Parts of Speech - Lesson 3
UNIDAD 5 - Conjunctions · 18 leccionesUNIDAD 5 - Conjunctions
UNIDAD 5 - Conjunctions
- Coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions
- Coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Conjunctions and Lists
- Conjunctions and Lists
- Correlative Conjunctions
- Correlative Conjunctions
- Parallelism
- Parallelism
- Parallelism and Comparisons
- Parallelism and Comparisons
- Where can I find the GMAT sentence correction questions?
- Parallel Structure under the Microscope
- Parallel Structure under the Microscope - Lesson 2
- Parallel Structure under the Microscope - Lesson 3
- More practice with the GMAT exam
- Logical Comparisons in the GMAT exam
UNIDAD 6 - Adjectives · 10 leccionesUNIDAD 6 - Adjectives
UNIDAD 6 - Adjectives
- Participles, gerunds and finite verbs
- Participle, gerunds and finite verbs
- Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Participles
- Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Participles
- Relative Clauses (Defining and non-defining)
- Relative Clauses
- Participles and Commas
- Participles and Commas
- Cumulative and Coordinate Adjectives
- Cumulative and Coordinate Adjectives
UNIDAD 7 - Adverbs · 7 leccionesUNIDAD 7 - Adverbs
UNIDAD 7 - Adverbs
- Adverbs
- Adverbs
- The Comma Splice and the Conjunctive Adverb
- The Comma Splice and the Conjunctive Adverb
- Absolute Phrases
- Absolute Phrases
- The Comma Splice under the Microscope
UNIDAD 8 - Prepositions · 4 leccionesUNIDAD 8 - Prepositions
UNIDAD 8 - Prepositions
- Prepositions
- Prepositions
- The Parts of Speech lesson 4
- The Parts of Speech lesson 4
UNIDAD 9 - Phrases and Clauses · 8 leccionesUNIDAD 9 - Phrases and Clauses
UNIDAD 9 - Phrases and Clauses
- Phrases and Clauses (Defining, Non-defining, Coordinate, Cumulative)
- Phrases and Clauses
- Fronting and Inversion
- Fronting and Inversion
- Fronting and Extraposition
- Fronting and Extraposition
- Subjunctive
- Subjunctive
UNIDAD 10 - Rhetorical Devices · 4 leccionesUNIDAD 10 - Rhetorical Devices
UNIDAD 10 - Rhetorical Devices
- Basic Rhetorical Devices
- Basic Rhetorical Devices
- Advanced Rhetorical Devices
- Advanced Rhetorical Devices
UNIDAD 11 - Punctuation · 10 leccionesUNIDAD 11 - Punctuation
UNIDAD 11 - Punctuation
- Commas
- Commas
- Commas Lesson 2
- Commas Lesson 2
- Colons and Semicolons
- Colons and Semicolons
- Apostrophes and Hyphens
- Apostrophes and Hyphens
- The Oxford Comma under the Microscope
- Capital Letters
UNIDAD 12 - Phrases and Clauses in Literature · 11 leccionesUNIDAD 12 - Phrases and Clauses in Literature
UNIDAD 12 - Phrases and Clauses in Literature
- Phrases and Clauses in Fahrenheit 451
- Phrases and Clauses in 'Of Mice and Men'
- Phrases and Clauses in Fight Club
- Phrases and Clauses in Shantaram
- Phrases and Clauses in Exhalation
- Phrases and Clauses in 1984
- Parts of Speech in 1984
- Articles in Charles Dickens
- Articles in Graham Greene
- Articles in Thomas Hardy
- Phrases, Clauses, and Articles in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
UNIDAD 13 - ONLINE LESSONS · 1 leccionesUNIDAD 13 - ONLINE LESSONS
UNIDAD 13 - ONLINE LESSONS
- BONUS: PRIVATE CLASSES
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13 unidades con videos, lecturas y actividades, disponibles 24/7 durante 12 meses.
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Cuestionarios por unidad
40 cuestionarios para comprobar lo aprendido.
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Emitido por la SEP a través del Gobierno del Estado de México, con folio verificable.
Un certificado oficial de la SEP
Muestra · verificable por folio y QR
- Emitido por la Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP), a través del Gobierno del Estado de México. No es una constancia privada: es un documento oficial, y ese respaldo marca la diferencia frente a otras plataformas en línea.
- Contenido impartido por Dave Skypelessons.
- Folio y QR verificables para compartirlo con quien te contrate.
Empieza hoy, a tu ritmo
Un solo pago y acceso inmediato al curso completo durante 12 meses.
- 13 unidades · 102 lecciones · 60 h
- 12 meses de acceso
- 40 cuestionarios de evaluación
- Certificado emitido por la SEP (Gob. del Estado de México) con folio verificable
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12 meses desde tu inscripción, 24/7, para avanzar a tu ritmo.
¿Quién imparte el contenido?
El curso es impartido por Dave Skypelessons; INEC gestiona tu inscripción, evaluación y certificado.
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