Who wants to play Video Games?

Who wants to play videogames?

Grammar Book

By: Erick Mijngos

Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1.

About me……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2.

Dedication………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3.

Nouns…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4.

-Pronouns, Verbs……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5.

Adjectives…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7.

-Adverbs…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8.

-Conjunctions………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10.

-Prepositions, Interjections………………………………………………………………………………………………………11.

Phrases…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12.

-Clauses……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12.

Sentence parts……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14.

-Sentence Types……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15.

Sentence Patterns………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16.

-Sentence errors………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18.

-Quiz!............................................................................................................................................20.

-Answer Sheet………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….21.

Paragraphs……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………22.

-Quiz………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25.

-Answers………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….26.

Essays…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………27.

-Quiz………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..30.

-Answers………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….31.

Capitalization……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....32.

-Punctuation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….33.

-Commonly confused words…………………………………………………………………………………………………….34.

-Quiz………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..37.

-Answer Sheet………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….38.

Work Cited……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………39.

Glossary………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..40.

Introduction!

Many people including myself dislike the topic of English very much. This grammar book on the other hand is not entirely about English. The topic of this book is Videogames, so many gamers will enjoy this book for the people who don’t enjoy videogames then there is nothing I can do. This grammar book contains nine sections of information, each section contains mini sections within them related to the main topic. As well some of the sections contain small quizzes to test your knowledge and see if you understand this book to its fullest!

In addition every quiz has its corresponding answer sheet to it so you can see just how well you think you did on each quiz. I hope you enjoy this book; it took countless hours to complete so when people read it I appreciate it very much to see you guys spend your precious time on my book. Thank you and enjoy!

About the author‌ Hello I am Erick Mijangos. I am a 16 year old kid who loves videogames a lot, if you haven’t noticed the topic of the grammar book. I love to play videogames so I thought why not make English fun and not boring and choose a topic many kids like. i do not enjoy english but‌ mr. rodriguez has made a way for his students to understand English in a different way. Now I do not fully hate English I somewhat like it because it is very interesting when you finally understand it. I liked doing this book because it kept me very busy academically. I love food, videogames and many other things! I really hope you enjoy my book I spent countless hours just doing this so thank you for taking the time to read my book and if you have any questions feel free to ask them.

Nouns: A. Types of Nouns: 1. Common nouns: Name a class of people, places, things or idea.

Ex. house, game, gamers, batteries.

2. Proper nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or ideas (Must be capitalized) Ex. Gamestop, Los Angeles, Captain, Leader.

3. Compound nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun.

Ex. Football, videogame, Firefighter.

4. Concrete nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places.

Ex. Laptop, couch, system.

5.Abstract nouns: name ideas, quality, emotions or attitudes.

Ex. Skill, Pro, Expert.

B. Noun identifiers: 1. Noun Endings: Ex. Dumb-ness, Tradi-tion, plager-ism, nur-ture, apti-tude, La-ment, St-ance, Simplic-ity, ma-ster, satisfact-ory, neighbor-hood.

2. Noun maker: 1B. The stadium is large and blue. 1A. The colossal stadium is extremely large, blue and oval shaped.

3. Plural Form: 1B.Children at school carry books every day. 1A. The tiny children at the school carry many cumbersome books daily.

4. Possessive form: 1B. At school the teachers desk are organized. 1A. At our school the teachers desk are always neatly orgnzied.

5. Following a preposition: 1B. The gamer came across a rare game. 1A. The professional gamer came across a unique rare game.

6. Functions (How nouns are used): I. Subject before verb.

1B. Game captain Erick kicked everyone from his house. 1A. Game captain Erick harshly kicked everyone from his priceless house.

II. Direct object (causes after the verb and answer what an whom) 1B. My friends broke my ps3. 1A.My clumsy friends broke my ps3 badly after they left my home.

III. Indirect object (Answers to who or to whom) 1B. I handed the game controller to destiny. 1A. I carefully handed the delicate game controller to my best friend destiny.

IV. Adverbial object (comes after the verb and answers when) 1B. I play videogames every morning. 1A. I always play videogames every morning in bed.

V. Object of the preposition (Follows a preposition) 1B. I went to the locker room to get my lost DS. 1A. I rapidly went to the huge locker room to get my lost and valuable DS. VI. Subject complement (following a linking verb) 1B. Erick is the captain of the game team. 1A. Erick is the best captain of the excellent game team.

VII. Object complement (follows a direct object and renames it)

1B. The city voted Obama the new president. 1A. The whole city voted Obama the new U.S. President.

VIII. Appositives (renames nouns, separated by commas.)

1B. Veronica, my mother, dislikes when I play to much. 1A. Veronica , my wonderful mother, dislikes me when I play videogames way to much.

IX. Adjectival (describers noun following it.)

1B. The fifa game takes place in the soccer stadium. 1A. the exciting fifa game takes place in a huge soccer stadium in Brazil.

X. Noun in direct address 1B Erick is the best gamer. 1A. Erick is the best professional gamer in the entire world.

XI. Object of the gerund (noun that follows a gerund) 1B. Losing the championship affected me badly. 1A. Losing the difficult championship affected me badly in a psychological way.

XII. Object of the participle (noun that follow a participle) 1B. After counting money I was mugged. 1A. After counting tons of money I was rudely mugged.

XIII. Object of the infinitive (noun that follows an infinitive) 1B. My stubborn friend wanted to enter a beauty pageant. 1A. My stubborn guy friend wanted to enter a girl beauty pageant.

Pronouns: 1. Personal: 1B. I love playing videogames. 1A. I always love playing videogames every day at any time.

2. Relative: 1B. Who knocked on the door? 1A. Who knocked loudly on the old broken door?

3. Interrogative: 1B. What is two plus two? 1A. what is the answer to the difficult equation two plus two?

4. Reflexive: 1B. He always talk to himself at random times. 1A. He always talks out loud to himself at random times every.

5. Demonstrative: 1B. This game isn’t boring at all. 1A. This interesting game isn’t boring at all how I strongly imagined.

6. Indefinite: 1B. Everybody who plays videogames is awesome. 1A. Everybody who enjoys playing videogames is awesome no matter what anyone else says.

Verbs: A. How verbs are identified: 1. Verb endings: -ing, -s, -ed, are the basic ones.

Ex. Playing, entertaining, finished, passes, finishes.

2. Tense: verbs indicate time via tenses: 1. Simple past- We play videogames 2. Past- We played monopoly. 3. Past perfect- We had passed the whole game. 4. Past progressive- We were eating pizza. 5. Simple present- I run every day. 6. Present- I play games 7. Present perfect- we have been sleeping. 8. Present progressive – we were playing Halo. 9. Present perfect progressive- we have been dancing.

10. Future- we will play videogames. 11. Future perfect- we will have been asleep.

3. Forms: a. Forms of “to be”: am, is ,was, were, be, been, being. Ex. I was playing videogames.

b. Forms of “to do”: do, does, did, doing. Ex. I did some homework before playing games. c. Forms of “to have”: have, had, has, having. I have all the latest games.

4. Types: 11 types of verbs.

I. Auxiliary verbs: I was sleeping all day. II. Linking verbs: He is annoying with playing games.

III. Lexical verbs: I arrive at the tournament at time every day. IV. Dynamic verbs: He says new games. V. Stative verbs: I prefer Halo as a game. VI. Finitive verbs: I walked home. VII. Nonfinitive verbs: I enjoy playing videogames. VIII. Regular verbs: I play all day. IX. Iregular verbs: I played all day today. X. Transitive verbs: Erick kicked the ball. XI. Intransitive verbs: I laughed at the gym.

5. Voice: Voice is the form of the verb that indicates how it relates and interacts with the action. English language has 2 voices, Active and Passive.

Active: Erick took the game trial. Passive: The game trial was taken by Erick.

6. Verbals (Verb forms not used as verbs.)

A. Gerund: Word ending in ing used as a noun.

Ex. Bryan dislikes bowling because its Friday.

B. Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an objective.

Ex. I screamed at the moving spider.

C. Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) Ex. I like to swim in Olympic videogames.

Erick Mijangos Period 4 IV. ADJECTIVES Adjectives modify, describe, limit, and identify nouns and pronouns.

1. Kinds: Demonstrative, Common, Proper.

Demonstrative: V DA N 1B. lets play this video game after school every day.

V DA ADJ N ADV 1A. lets play this awesome video game rapidly after school every day.

V DA N 2B. We should watch that new movie in theaters that came out today.

V DA ADJ N ADV 2A. We should watch that new awesome movie in theaters that just came out barely.

DA N V 3B.What are these kids playing every Sunday morning so early?

DA ADJ N V ADV 3A. What are these annoying kids playing so loudly every Sunday morning so early?

Common: N CA V 1B. In my opinion video games are awesome to play but to others it is quite the opposite.

N ADV CA V 1A. In my opinion video games are extremely awesome to play but to others it is quite the opposite.

N V CA ADV 2B. Most children cannot afford to purchase the expensive new games that come out frequently.

N V CA ADV

2A. Most children cannot afford to purchase the expensive new games that come out frequently.

N CA V 3B. Video games are addicting to play and make you lose track of time.

N ADV CA V ADV 3A. Video games are crazily addicting to play and make you lose track of time quickly.

Proper: N ADJ PA 1B. People don’t see it but I am a professional gamer.

N ADV ADJ PA 1A. People don’t see it but I am proudly a professional gamer.

N V PN PA 2B. Most games are made in China by Chinese people.

N V ADV PN ADJ PA 2A. Most games are made rapidly in China by hard working Chinese people.

PN ADJ PA V 3B. Japan may be a small island but those Japanese don’t mess around when it comes to playing video games.

PN ADJ PA V 3A. Japan may be a small island but those Japanese don’t mess around when it comes to playing ADV video games so brilliantly.

2. Endings: -AL relating to - Brutal -ARY relating to quality or place - Honorary -FUL full of – Skillful -IC having the nature of, caused by - Basic -ICAL having the nature of - Logical -ISH origin, nature - Selfish -LESS without - Worthless -LIKE like - gamelike -LY like - Friendly -OUS quality, nature - Victorious -Y like – Funny 3. Conversions: 1.Game(N.)-> Gamelike(Adj.) 2. Playing (V.) -> Playless 3. Sportsman (N.) -> Sportsmanly (Adj.) 4. Articles: A, an, and the. An article is a word that combines with a noun. A and an are indefinite articles, which means that they don't refer to anything definite or specific. Use a before nouns (or adjectives) that start with a consonant sound. Use an before nouns (or adjectives) that start with a vowel sound. The is used in front of singular or plural nouns and adjectives to refer to something with which both the speaker/writer and listener/reader are familiar.

V PN A 1B. Please give jimmy a game controller to play with.

V PN A ADJ ADV 1A. Please give jimmy a small game controller to play with quietly.

A ADJ N V 2B. That is an old gaming system to use in the 20th century.

A ADJ N V ADV 2A. That is an old gaming system to use harshly in the 20th century.

V A N 3B. Give me the pizza after were done with this round.

V A ADJ N ADV 3A. Give me the cold pizza after were done with this round rapidly.

5. Comparatives/Superlatives: Comparative is grammar used when comparing two things.

Superlative adjective compares three or more nouns.

C1. My video games run faster than hers at maximum speed.

S1. My video game is the largest of all my friends at school V. ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, adjectives, and other adverbs. a. Endings: i. –ly, -wards, -wise.

1. Extraordinarily, backward, unwise. b. Conversions: 1. Careful-> Carefully 2. Easy->Easily 3. Patient-> Patiently c. Types: Manner: An adverb of manner tells us how something is done or happens. Ex. Badly, Quickly.

Frequency: An adverb of frequency tells how often something is done or how it happens. Ex. Always, Never, Weekly.

Degree: An adverb of degree tells us the level or extent something is done or happens. Ex. Really, Almost.

Place: An adverb of place tells us where something is done or happens. Ex. Outside,Upstairs.

Time: An adverb of time tells when something is done or happens Ex. Immediately, Now,Soon. d. Intesifiers: Completely, Heartily, Absolutley. e. Comparatives/superlatives: With adverbs ending in -ly, you must use more to form the comparative, and most to form the superlative. With short adverbs that do not end in -ly comparative and superlative forms are identical to adjectives: add -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative Quietly(ADV), more quitely(C.) Most quietly(S.) Hard(ADV.) harder(C.) Hardest(S.) Example types: PN M V N Manner:1B. I quickly finish every video game that comes to my hand.

PN M V N ADV V 1A. I quickly finish every video game that comes to my hand because it is so easily to finish.

N M V 2B. My friends badly lose every time they play a game against me.

ADJ N M V ADJ 2A. My lame friends badly lose every time they play an easy game against me.

PN V N T ADJ Time: 1B. I always go to Gamestop immediately when a new game comes out.

PN V N T ADJ 1A. I always go to Gamestop immediately when a brand new cool game comes out.

T PN N 2B. Soon I will be the champion in the whole world.

T PN ADJ N 2A. Soon I will be the best champion in the whole world.

PN V N P Place: 1B. The majority of the time I play video games upstairs.

Pn V N ADV P ADJ 1A. The majority of the time I play video games quickly upstairs in my tiny room.

V P V N 2B. I hate going outside because the sun interferes with my video games.

V P ADV V ADJ N 2A. I hate going outside because the sun badly interferes with my awesome video games.

PN D V V Degree: 1B. I was almost able to convince my mom to buy a new game.

PN D V ADV V 1A. I was almost able to convince my mom to kindly buy a new game for me.

N D ADJ V 2B. My friends were really excited to finally afford a new game system.

ADJ N D ADJ V ADJ ADJ 2A. My poor friends were really excited to finally afford a new game system that was expensive.

PN F V N Frequency: 1B. I always play my video games in the morning.

PN F V N ADV ADJ 1A. I always play my video games slowly in the morning because I’m sleepy.

PN F V 2B. I never go outside to play sports during the day.

PN F V N ADV 2A. I never go outside to play sports because it quickly gets hot during the day.

VI. CONJUNCTIONS: A. Coordinating: (FANBOYS): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so PN N C V 1B. I am a junior but people say I act like a freshman.

PN ADJ N C V ADV 1A. I am an intelligent junior but people say I act awkwardly like a freshman.

PN ADJ N ADJ 2B. I can be a funny person or an angry one at times.

PN ADV ADJ N ADJ 2A. I can be an extremely funny person or an angry one at times.

B. Correlative: Either/or; neither/nor; not only/ but also; both/and; whether/ or; as/so.

PN C ADJ V N C 1B. I do not only love eating pizza but also I love eating hamburgers.

PN C ADJ V N ADV C ADJ 1A. I do not only love eating pizza slowly but also I love eating hamburgers with satisfaction.

N C ADJ V C 2B. My brother either enjoys eating vegetables or not at all.

N C ADJ V ADJ ADV C 2A. My brother either enjoys eating nasty vegetables slowly or not at all.

C. Subordinate: after, though as, as if, as long as, as thought, because, before, if, in order that, provided that, since, so, so that, that, though, till, unless, when, where, whereas, while.

PN ADV N S 1B. I was sweltering inside my house though as if it was an oven inside my room.

PN ADV ADJ N S ADV ADJ 1A. I was sweltering inside my cramped house though as if it was an extremely hot oven inside my room.

PN ADJ S N 2B. I am not a nerd whereas my friends are.

PN ADV ADJ S ADJ N 2A. I am not a generously nerd whereas my intelligent friends are.

D. Relative Pronouns: who(refers to people), which(refers to nonliving object or animals), that( may refer to animals or nonliving objects) RPN V N 1B. Who has wondered how video games came into existence.

RPN ADV V ADJ N 1A. Who has curiously wondered how awesome video games came into existence.

RPN N ADJ ADJ 2B. Which video game is better the violent one or the cartoon one?

RPN N ADV ADJ ADJ 2A. Which video game is better the extremely violent one or the cartoon one?

VII. PREPOSITIONS: 1. One day I was about to start playing video games but I came across a problem; apart from me being grounded I went beyond from that point of view and started to quit playing video games on behalf of myself.

2. I love playing video games instead of doing homework without caring at all about what my near grade was going to be despite the amount of homework I do beyond my own exceptions.

3. Most people enjoy playing video games excluding old people, because apart from old people I am pretty sure without video games on account of all of us as kids we would be nothing.

VIII. INTERJECTIONS: A: aha, ahem, ahh, ahoy, alas, aw B: bam, bingo, blah, bravo C: cheers, congratulations D: dang, drat, dar, duh E: eek, eh, encore, eureka

F: fiddlesticks G: gadzooks, gee, gee whiz, golly, goodbye, gosh, H: ha-ha, hallelujah, hello, hey, hmm, holy cow O: oh, oh dear, oh my, oh well P: phew, phooey, pooh R: rats S: shh, shoo T: thanks, there, tut-tut U: uh-huh, uh-oh, ugh W: wahoo, well, whao, whoops Y: yeah, yes, yikes, yippee

1. Yeah, I play videogames all day but shh that’s our secret and phew but oh my that would be embarrassing for others to know gee.

2. Congratulations to all those gamers out there I say hello, and thanks; for staying loyal to video games.

3. Eureka video games are so addicting, oh well I guess that’s what there for, uh-oh you do lose track of time!

Phrases A. Prepositional: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and is used as an adjective or an adverb.

P V N ADJ PP 1B. Mr. Torres welcomed everyone kindly into the gaming convention.

P ADV V N ADJ ADJ PP 1A. Mr. Torres excitedly welcomed everyone kindly into the colossal gaming convention.

B. Appositive: A group of words that include all the words or phrases that modify an appositive.

N AP V N 1B. Mr. Mijangos, a professional gamer, played video games every Sunday.

N AP V ADJ N ADV 1A. Mr. Mijangos, a professional gamer, played difficult video games repeatedly every Sunday morning.

C. Verbal: A group of words that begin with a verbal and ends with a noun.

1. Gerund word ending in “ing” used as a noun.

N V ADJ G 1B. My friends think my favorite hobby is reading, but it is not.

ADJ N ADJ G ADV 1A. My unintelligent friends think my favorite hobby is reading, but it is definitely not.

2. Participle word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective.

P PN V N 1B. Floating in the pool, I played video games on my iPod. P PN V N ADV ADJ 1A. Floating in the pool, I played video games peacefully on my expensive iPod touch.

3. Infinitive verb preceded by the word “to” used as noun, adjectives, or adverbs.

PN N I ADJ 1B. I always have my iPod to play video games when I am bored.

PN ADJ N I ADV ADV ADJ

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1A. I always have my portable iPod to play video games quickly when I am randomly bored.

Clauses A. Independent- CAN stand alone as a complete sentence, known as a simple sentence pattern.

ADJ N V 1B. Being a professional gamer requires a lot of practice.

ADJ N ADV V ADJ 2A. Being a professional gamer requires a lot of extraordinarily practice and amazing dedication.

B. Subordinate- Cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and MUST begin with a SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION. 1. Noun Clause: used as a noun in a sentence and may function as a subject, a predicate noun, a direct object, an object of a preposition, an indirect object, or an appositive.

SC NC ADJ ADV 1B. That the gamer was excited was totally expected from him.

ADJ SC NC ADJ ADJ ADV 1A. That the dedicated gamer was exited was totally expected from him daily.

2. Adjective Clause: Used to modify a noun in an independent clause.

N AJ ADV ADJ 1B. The game that you desired is clearly affordable now.

ADJ N AJ ADV ADJ ADJ 1A. The expensive game that you desired is clearly affordable now that you are rich.

3. Adverb Clause: Used to modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in an independent clause, introduced, by a subordinating conjunction and used to indicate time, place, cause, purpose, result, condition, and/or concession. a. Modifying verbs: ADV MV N ADV V 1B. When the game finally came out, everyone rushed in to purchase it.

ADV MV N ADV V ADJ 1A. When the game finally came out, everyone quickly rushed in the small store to purchase it first.

4. Relative Clauses: Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun.

N RC V 1B. The gamer who finishes last will be disqualified from the contest.

ADJ N RC V ADV ADJ 1A. The slowest gamer who finishes last will be disqualified quickly from the huge contest.

5. Elliptical Clauses: Adverb clauses in which part of the clause is omitted.

EC N V V N 1B. When playing, my mom always bothers me to clean my room.

EC ADJ N V V ADV ADJ N 1A. When playing, my young mother always bothers me to clean quickly my filthy room.

6. Essential Clauses: Clauses necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

N EC V ADV 1B. The game that my brother loves is obviously Halo.

ADJ N EC V ADV ADJ 1A. The cheap game that my brother loves is obviously Halo because of the awesome graphics.

7. Nonessential Clauses: Clauses that are NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

PN N NC ADJ 1B. My brother’s game, which is practically new, is very expensive.

PN N NC ADV ADJ 1A. My brother’s game, which is practically new, is very surprisingly expensive online and stores.

Mijangos Erick Per.4 Sentences Parts: Subject: A. Complete: N ADJ 1B. Videogames are expensive but are worth the entertainment for kids.

N ADJ ADV 1A. Videogames are quite expensive but are worth the entertainment for boringly kids.

B. Simple: N ADJ V 1B. Videogames are very fun for all of us to play.

N ADJ V ADV 1A. Videogames are very much fun for all of us to play excitedly.

C. Compound: PN C ADJ V N 1B. Teachers say reading is more productive than playing videogames.

PN C ADJ V ADV N 1A. Teachers say reading is more productive than playing energetically videogames all day.

Predicate: A. Complete: N V 1B. The five gamers will play all night long tonight.

ADJ N V ADV 1A. The five energetic gamers will play attentively all night long tonight.

B. Simple: N V 1B. Gamers play every day and have no life to live.

N V ADV ADJ

1A. Gamers play crazily every day and have no entertaining life to live.

C. Compound: PN N V 1B. I always do my homework and then I play videogames.

PN N ADV V ADJ 1A. I always do my homework rapidly and then I can play awesome video games.

Sentence Types: 1. Declarative (Statement): N V 1B. The videogame controller was in my room last night.

N V ADV 1A. The video game controller was surprisingly in my room last night.

2. Interrogative (Question): V ADJ ADJ N 1B. Where do they sell the newest modern game systems?

V ADJ ADJ ADJ N ADV 1A. Where do they sell the expensive newest modern game systems quickly?

3. Imperative (Command): V N 1B. Buy me a PS4 for my birthday in 6 months.

V ADJ N ADV 1A. Buy me a new PS4 for my rapidly coming birthday in 6 months.

4. Exclamatory (Exclamation): PN N 1B. I want a Xbox One for this coming Christmas!

PN ADJ N ADV ADJ 1A. I want a brand new Xbox One badly for this coming cold Christmas.

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Sentence Patterns: 1. Simple: A sentence that is just one independent clause.

PN V N 1B. The boy played videogames for twelve hours straight last night.

ADJ PN V N ADV 1A. The exhausted boy played videogames endlessly for twelve hours straight last night.

2. Complex: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

PN V N 1B. We went inside to play videogames when it began to rain outside.

PN ADV V N ADJ 1A. We went rapidly inside to play videogames when it began to rain outside in the giant patio.

3. Compound: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses.

PN V N CONJ. 1B. I wanted to play videogames all day, but my mom didn’t let me.

PN V ADJ N CONJ. ADV ADJ 1A. I wanted to play my new videogames all day, but unfortunately my strict mom didn’t let me.

4. Complex/Compound: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause PN ADJ V N 1B. Many people enjoy playing videogames; however, my mom does not.

ADJ PN ADJ V N ADV 1A. Many interesting people enjoy playing videogames anxiously; however, my mom does not.

5. Loose Sentence: A sentence that contains an independent clause plus a subordinate construction (either a clause or phrase) PN V N ADJ 1B. I went to the store yesterday, bought some videogames, and a new controller.

PN ADJ V ADJ N 1A. I went to the huge game store yesterday afternoon, bought some pricy videogames ADV ADJ carelessly, and a new controller for $100.

6. Periodic Sentence: A sentence in which the independent clause is given at the end of the sentence in order to create interest or generate suspense.

N PN 1B. By the smell of pizza and the videogames out of order, I knew it was videogame night.

ADJ N PN 1A. By the delicious smell of home cooked pizza and the videogames out of order, I knew ADV surprisingly it was videogame night.

7. Balanced Sentence: A sentence where phrases or clauses parallel each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or in length.

ADJ V N V 1B. Good at playing videogames, then join the videogame club.

ADJ V ADJ N V ADV 1A. Good at playing difficult videogames, then join quickly the videogame club!

8. Parallel Structure: A sentence using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written.

PN N ADV ADV 1B. I wanted to make sure that I made my own videogame creatively, entertainingly and

ADV excitedly.

PN N ADJ ADV ADV 1A. I wanted to make sure that I made my own videogame excellent, creatively, entertainingly, ADV and excitedly.

9. Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order.

V PN N V 1B. You can take the boy out of videogames, but you can’t take the videogames out of the boy.

V ADV N V ADJ 1A. You can take the boy expeditiously out of videogames, but you can’t take the tempting videogames out of the boy.

10. Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases or clauses for a rhetorical purpose.

V V V PN V N 1B. Without looking, without making a sound, without talking, I can play videogames.

V ADV V ADJ V ADV PN 1A. Without looking curiously, without making a quiet sound, without talking endlessly, I can V N ADV play videogames perfectly.

11. Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose.

PN N V V V 1B. I went to the game convention, and I ate, and I played, and I had fun, and the day went by fast.

PN ADJ N V ADV V 1A. I went to the colossal game convention, and I ate crazily, and I played, and I had fun, and the V ADV day went surprisingly fast.

12. Anaphora: A sentence that features the purposeful repetition of a word, words, or phrases at the beginning of several successive clauses in order to place emphasis and draw attention.

PN V N 1B. Every morning, every night, every day, I practice playing videogames.

ADJ ADJ PN V ADV 1A. Every beautiful morning, every peaceful night, every passing day, I practice immensely N playing videogames.

13. Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words.

PN V N V 1B. When you play videogames everything depends on you, if you lose it’s because of you, if you V

win then it is all you.

PN V ADJ N V ADV 1A. When you play multiplayer videogames everything depends on you, if you lose terribly it is V ADV because of you, if you win honorably then it is all you.

Sentence Errors (Incomplete/Incorrect Types): 1. Run-on/Rambling: PN V N 1W. Coming home from school, I vowed to not play videogames all the other times I played were excused.

PN V N 1C. Coming home from school I vowed to not play videogames. All the other times I played were excused.

2. Fused: PN V N 1W. Coming home from school, I vowed to not play videogames all the other times I played were excused.

PN V N 1C. Coming home from school I vowed to not play videogames; all the other times I played were excused.

3. Fragment: 1W. At home, during the last summer vacations.

PN PN V N 1C. When I was at home, during the last summer vacations I played all day videogames.

4. Misplaced modifier: PN V N 1W. He saw videogames on the way to the store.

PN V N 1C. On the way to the store, he saw many videogames.

5. Double Negative: PN V 1W. The pilot can’t find no place to land.

PN V ADJ N 1C. The pilot had no place to land in the difficult videogame.

6. Comma Splice: ADJ N

1W. This has been a very long day, therefore, it will only feel longer.

ADJ N ADJ 1C. This has been a very long day; therefore, it will only feel much longer without V N playing videogames.

QUIZ! Directions: Circle the best and correct answer for each given question.

1. What type of sentence is the following?

Where are the videogames during the week?

A. Declarative B. Interrogative C. Imperative D. Exclamatory 2. What type of sentence is the following?

I want that new videogame now!

A. Declarative B. Interrogative C. Imperative D. Exclamatory 3. What is the predicate?

I played videogames all day.

A. Videogames B. All day C. Played D. None of the above 4. What is the definition of a Simple sentence?

A. Has 2 independent clauses B. Has 1 independent clause C. Has 2 dependent clauses D. None of the above 5. What pattern is used in this sentence?

You can take the boy expeditiously out of videogames, but you can’t take the tempting videogames out of the boy.

A. Chiasmus B. Anaphora C. Parallel structure or D. Balanced sentence 6. What sentence error is used in this sentence?

At home, during the last summer vacations.

A. Fused B. Double Negative C. Fragment or D. none of the above 7. What sentence error is used in this sentence?

The pilot can’t find no place to land.

A. Comma splice B. Misplaced Modifier C. Double Negative D. none of the above Directions: Answer as best as possible.

8. What is the definition for an Anaphora? ________________________________________ 9. What is the definition for a Polysyndeton? _____________________________________ 10. Name the 6 sentence errors. _______________________________________

ANSWER SHEET 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C

7. C 8. A sentence that features the purposeful repetition of a word, words, or phrases at the beginning of several successive clauses in order to place emphasis and draw attention.

9. A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose.

10. 1. Run-on/Rambling 2.Fused 3. Fragment 4. Misplaced modifier 5. Double negative and 6. Comma splice.

Mijangos Erick Per. 4 Paragraphs: A. Introductory paragraphs: a. Hook (Lead) i. Anecdotal (brief story to set the mood and into the topic) V N 1. Ex. When a child first meets videogames it becomes its best friend. The sad part is when the ADJ child gets attached it is difficult to break the habit. Once this occurs only problems is what the family will have. How should I know, well I’m that child. ii. Query Based (Question that brings the reader to the topic) V N ADJ ADJ 1. Ex. Is playing videogames at a young age for a long period of time affect a child’s eye sight? b. Thesis statements (the purpose of a piece of writing- usually one sentence in length- and something that is arguable) i. Assertion (Claim) N ADJ V 1. Ex. Videogames is a very fun way people entertain themselves but it is time consuming. ii. Fact (empirically verifiable) N ADJ 1. Ex. Videogames are quite expensive. iii. Opinion (personal position on a topic) N ADJ 1. Ex. Videogames is the best form of entertainment. iv. Belief (Social, religious, or political in nature- an opinion held by many to be a fact, though it is not necessarily) V N ADJ 1. Ex. Playing videogames is wasting a person’s time. v. Generalization (uses absolute or statistical pronouns: all always, every, never, none, most, half- avoid using this type of thesis statement) N V 1. Ex. A game store will carry everything that has to do with electronics. vi. Document based (cites a specific source and its position on a topic) ADV V N ADJ 1. Ex. In Game addiction, Neils Clark correctly claims how videogames are addicting, therefore it can also improve someone’s mind, body or affect them very much. vii. Theory (a statement that can be tested and potentially proven) N ADV 1. Ex. Videogames can affect drastically a child’s eye sight and can cause many other problems due to the extended period of time playing these games.

2. Body Paragraphs (Must have echoes of the thesis in each and present evidence to support or expand on the thesis) a. Topic Sentences (must specifically indicate the topic of the paragraph and focus on one subject and area of evidence or support) ADJ

V

N

i. Ex. Many resources have provided evidence that prove playing videogames for an extended time of period affects a person’s eyesight. b. Evidence from quotations (quotes should NEVER be used as individual sentences-quotes should be embedded with sentences) N

V

i. Ex. There has been evidence that “videogames affect the minds, bodies, and lives of millions of ADV

ADJ

gamers, negatively and positively” (Clark 20).

N

V

ADV

ii. Ex. “Videogames affect the minds, bodies, and lives of millions of gamers, negatively and ADJ positively” according to recent evidence (Clark 20).

N

V

iii. Ex. People don’t know but “video games affect the minds, bodies, and lives of millions of ADV

ADJ

gamers, negatively and positively” according to recent evidence (Clark 20).

N

V

iv. Ex. People don’t know but “video games affect the minds, bodies, *eyesight+, and lives of ADV

ADJ

millions of gamers, negatively and positively” according to recent evidence (Clark 20).

N

V

v. Ex. People don’t know but “videogames affect… *people’s eyesight+… and lives of millions of ADV

ADJ

gamers, negatively and positively” (Clark 20). vi. Paraphrase (rewording of a quote into other words of the same length without quotation marks, but still citing the source)

1. Original Quote- “Videogames affect the minds, bodies, and lives of millions of gamers, negatively and positively” (Clark20).

N

V

ADJ

2. Ex. Paraphrase- Gamers eyesight and other qualities are affected due to extended time of playing videogames. vii. Summary (condensing larger quotes or sections) 1. Original Quote- “Videogames affect the minds, bodies, and lives of millions of gamers, negatively and positively” N

V

2. Ex. Summary- Videogames affect people’s eyesight. viii. Abstract Examples (hypothetical, “what if” examples- AVOID) N

V

ADJ

1. Ex. People would have better eyesight if they didn’t play videogames for an elongated period of time. ix. Concrete Examples (actual, reference-able examples) N 1. Ex. A study in October 2015 Study links videogame use to problems in school V performed a study which found that teenagers who played computer games less than ADJ once a week were more successful in school than those who played them twice a day or more. c. Closing sentences (must end the discussion of the topic within the paragraph with a transitional or culminating word- possibly an adverb- and should echo the thesis in the essay) N

ADV

V

ADJ

i. Ex. Parents obviously see how videogames affect their child’s body and eyesight but fail to do anything rapidly before it’s too late to act.

3. Closing Paragraphs (Conclusions-should not be mere summaries of the previous paragraphs of your essay) a. Statement(s) of Extension (extending the thesis statement using the consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis-could be one or more sentences) N i. Ex. If parents noticed the damage videogames are doing to a child’s body they wouldn’t V V ADJ hesitate to stop their children from playing for an extended period of time. b. Final sentence (connects the hook) V N ADJ i. Ex. Given all the consequences from playing videogames for an extended period of time, ADV parents still let their kids play and unfortunately let their child suffer like me…

QUIZ Directions: Circle the best correct answer 1. What are two types of hooks?

A. Anecdotal, Assertion B. Query based, Fact C. Anecdotal, Query based D. None of the above 2. What is an Anecdotal?

A. (Claim) B. (Personal position on topic) C. (Empirically verifiable) D. (Brief story to set mood) 3. How many kinds of thesis statements are there?

A. 3 B. 7 C. 5 D. 2 4. Which is not a kind of thesis statement?

A. Assertion B. Generalization C. Belief D. Leave as it is 5. Definition of a body paragraph?

A. (Introduction) B. (Conclusion) C. (Must have echoes of the thesis) D. None of the above 6. Which is not a part of a body paragraph?

A. Topic sentence B. Closing sentence C. Evidence from quotations D. Leave as it is 7. The definition for a closing paragraph?

A. Summarize all paragraphs B. Do not connect the hook C. Should not be mere summaries of previous paragraphs D. None of the above 8. What are two types of sentences for closing paragraphs?

A. Statements and quotes B. Final sentence and quotes C. Statements and Final sentence D. None of the above 9. What is a hook?

A. Lead B. Claim C. an opinion hold by many D. None of the above 10. What is a Thesis statement?

A. Question that brings reader to topic B. Purpose of a piece of writing that is arguable C. Uses statistical pronouns D. none of the above

ANSWERS 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. B

Capitalization: 1. Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in a title.

Ex. Call of Duty 2. Capitalize Mother, Dad, and other titles when they serve as a replacement for the person’s name.

Ex. Aunt Mary 3. Capitalize the name of organizations.

Ex. Nintendo 4. Capitalize names of day, month, holidays, and special days Ex. On Friday Call of Duty comes out.

5. Capitalize a proper adjective but not the noun it modifies unless the nouns are part of a title.

Ex. A Gaming convention.

6. Capitalize brand names but not the product(s).

Ex. Nintendo controllers.

7. Capitalize business names.

Ex. Gamestop 8. Capitalize institution names.

Ex. Sony.

9. Capitalize names of particular geographic places.

Ex. California 10. Capitalize historical events, periods of time, and historical documents.

Ex. American Revolution 11. Capitalize religions, religious denominations, religious documents, names of churches, and names of a supreme being.

Ex. Jehova’s Witness 12. Capitalize languages Ex. English 13. Capitalize specific names of structures.

Ex. Town hall 14. Capitalize names, initials, and titles appearing with names.

Ex. Dr. Mijangos 15. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.

Ex. Videogames are awesome.

16. Capitalize the pronoun I. Ex. I love videogames 17. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in most lines of poetry.

Ex. Roses are red, violets are blue…

18. Capitalize Roman numerals and the letters for the first major topics in an outline. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in an outline.

Ex. I. Games A. Types 19. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a direct quotation.

Ex. Erick said, “Videogames are love, videogames are life.”

20. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a direct quotation.

Ex. Congress 21. Capitalize races and ethnic groups.

Ex. Hispanic 22. Capitalize North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest when they refer to a region of the country or world.

Ex. I live heading south towards downtown Los angles.

23. Capitalize political parties and their members.

Ex. Republican Party 24. Capitalize the first letter only in most hyphenated words that being a sentence.

Ex. Twenty-seven more hours until the release of Call of Duty 3.

25. Capitalize President when it refers to the leader of the United States.

Ex. The President of the United States does not play videogames.

Punctuation: a. [] Brackets: Brackets allow the insertion of editorial material inside quotations.

Ex. “Students these days play *to many+ videogames, which is bad for their health” (Hawkrin 56) Ex. When im lazy to make myself food I tell my mom “Tengo Hambre” *I’m hungry+. () Parentheses: Parentheses (always used in pairs) allow a writer to provide additional information. The parenthetical material might be a single word, a fragment, or multiple complete sentences.

Ex. People said I played videogames bombastically (or rather in a pretentious manner).

Ex. My birth certificate was verified (8/27/99), and it states I was born in the United States. . Period: The period is perhaps the easiest punctuation mark to master. It ends a sentence.

Difficulty generally arises only when the period is used with other punctuation marks.

Ex. I wished I worked for Apple Inc. Ex. Videogames are the best way of entertainment that has ever existed. , Comma: The comma is the punctuation mark most likely to cause angst. This is largely the result of the many different ways the comma is used. Sometimes, the comma indicates a pause that would occur if the sentence were spoken aloud. Other times, the comma separates grammatical components of the sentence. Finally, there are mechanical and stylistic uses of the comma that are simply conventional.

Ex. I couldn’t have been introduced into the addiction of videogames without your help Moises.

Ex. The game convention is going to be held on August 7, 2016.

- Hyphen: For most writers, the hyphen’s primary function is the formation of certain compound terms.

Ex. I always play free-for-all on Call of Duty.

Ex. I always ask when purchasing a new videogame, “Does this come with a money-back guarantee?”

– Em Dash: The em dash is perhaps the most versatile punctuation mark. Depending on the context, the em dash can take the place of commas, parentheses, or colons—in each case to slightly different effect.

Ex. Upon discovering my erros –all 10 of them– I quickly played more to fix them.

Ex. People said to stop being so flabbergasted—or, rather in an excited mood for a dumb videogame. : Colon: The colon has primarily three grammatical uses: 1. Introducing a list. 2. Between independent clauses when the second explains or illustrates the first. 3. Emphasis Ex. I specialize in diffent types of videogames: Strategic, puzzle, and multiplayer.

Ex. I have very little time to play: I began my new job in a few days. ; Semicolon: is sometimes described as stronger than a comma but weaker than a period. In certain uses, this is a reasonably accurate definition.

Ex. Heavy rain continues to fall at my house; consequently, this is really annoying.

Ex. I have many videogames including; Need for speed 1, Need for speed 2, and Need for speed 3.

? Question Mark: The question mark is used at the end of a direct question. Indirect questions take a period.

Ex. Is Sergio is going to buy the new Call of Duty game?

Ex. Did Mr. Rodriguez leave homework today, I wasn’t paying attention. ! Exclamation Point: The most flagrant way a writer demonstrates contempt for his readers is by ignoring punctuation altogether. A close second is the abundant use of the exclamation point. Some writers even use three or more exclamation points, lest the reader not fully grasp the significance of what is being said.

Ex. What the hell are you doing playing with my videogames!

Ex. I get really angry when I haven’t played videogames for one full day. ‘ Apostrophe: The apostrophe ( ’ ) has three uses: contractions, plurals, and possessives.

Ex. I hadn’t realized that the videogame is Sergio’s.

Ex. It’s often said that playing videogames for an extended period of time is bad for one’s health. “ Quotation marks: Quotation marks are primarily used to indicate material that is being reproduced word for word, as well as some other important uses.

Ex. Nicholas said “I hate videogames; they are a waste of time.”

Ex. I said to everyone, “Videogames has been the best invention for entertainment ever invented.” … Ellipses: An ellipsis is a set of three periods ( . . . ) indicating an omission. Each period should have a single space on either side, except when adjacent to a quotation mark, in which case there should be no space.

Ex. I froze when my videogames burned in flames… I never saw life the same ever since…

Ex. I always play videogames it is awesome, but the consequences are surprisingly awful…

Commonly Confused/Misused Word Choicesa. Who/Whom: he = who, him = whom V ADJ N ADV Ex. Who took my brand new power cable that extended extremely far?

PN V ADV ADJ N Ex. We wondered curiously whom the interesting videogame book was about. b. Their/There/They’re: "There" refers to a place. "They're" is a contraction of "they are" "Their" is the possessive pronoun.

ADV N ADJ Ex. There is actually a game store across the street from my small house.

V ADV ADJ N Ex. They’re playing childishly the same cool videogames as us.

N ADV V ADJ Ex. Their game store is dangerously located right next to their huge house. c. Lie/Lay: Lay means to put something [or someone] down. Lie, on the other hand, means to rest or recline.

PN V N ADV ADJ N Ex. I lay on my bed at night peacefully, when I play violent videogames.

Pn ADJ N V ADV Ex. She got a new PS3 and her dog, lies on it every day consequently. d. Laid/Lain: (The verb to lay takes an object; to lie doesn't.)

PN V N ADV V N Ex. I laid on the sofa all day calmly, because I was sick and couldn’t play video games.

PN V N ADV V ADJ N Ex. She has lain in bed for the entire charmingly morning; all she has done is play boring video games. e. Affect/Effect: Affect is usually a verb, and effect is usually a noun. To affect something is to change or influence it, and an effect is something that happens due to a cause.

N V AD J V ADV Ex. The storm knocked down the tall power lines, affecting my internet to play crazily online.

ADV ADJ N Ex. The smell of pizza may doubtfully have some positive effects on gamers. f. Accept/ Except: To accept is to receive, and except is to exclude, usually.

PN V ADJ ADV ADJ Ex. I accepted the difficult challenge eagerly from my annoying friend.

PN V ADV V N Ex. I like to eat carefully when I play videogames except if it’s a level that requires my ADJ outstanding full attention. g. C/W/ Should have vs. C/W/ Should of: The phrase should have indicates a missed obligation or opportunity in the past. In informal speech, it is contracted to should’ve, not "should of."

PN V N V N ADV Ex. I should have done Mr. Rodriguez’s homework instead of playing videogames calmly.

PN V N V ADV ADJ Ex. You should, of course, compare game prices before purchasing carelessly the cheapest one. h. Loath/Loathe: Confusion between loath ("unwilling or reluctant") and loathe ("to hate") is a growing trend.

N V ADV ADJ Ex. To my surprise my friends loathe defiantly the fact that I am better than them in video games.

PN V ADV Ex. Gamers in general loath to speculate deliberately that they play a lot. i. Infer/Imply: Imply and infer are opposites, like a throw and a catch. To imply is to hint at something, but to infer is to make an educated guess. The speaker does the implying, and the listener does the inferring.

V N ADV ADJ Ex. It is implied to not play videogames deeply for an extended time period when in bed.

V ADV V V ADJ Ex. My friends inferred comfortably that playing videogames damages one’s eyesight. j. Weary/wary: To be wary is (1) to be on guard against something, or (2) to be watchful or cautious.

Weary means physically or mentally fatigued. It’s a synonym of tired.

ADJ N V ADV Ex. Although I was weary from soccer practice, I still managed to play video games casually.

N ADJ V V ADV Ex. One always has to be cautioned to be wary of what someone plays clumsily. k. Proceed/Precede: These two words have similar sounds. They also have similar definitions, encompassing an idea of forward movement. This leads to some confusion. Precede is to go before.

Proceed means to move ahead, to continue

ADJ N V ADV Ex. The colossal videogame events will precede the deliciously prepared buffet.

N V ADV PN ADJ Ex. The cars can proceed slowly once all pedestrians have crossed the street with safety. l. Discrete/Discreet: Discreet means on the down low, under the radar, careful, but discrete means individual or detached.

They come from the same ultimate source, the Latin discrētus, for separated or distinct, but discreet has taken its own advice and quietly gone its separate way.

N V ADV ADJ Ex. Many gamers like to play discreetly, without any loud interruptions.

PN V N ADV ADJ Ex. I like to play videogames discretely, so my strict mother does not catch me playing at night. m. Conscience/Conscious: Both words have to do with the mind, but it's more important to be conscious, or awake, than conscience, or aware of right and wrong. Remain conscious while listening to your friend's moral dilemma so you can use your conscience to give good advice.

N ADJ V ADV Ex. My classmate was conscience and knew that doing drugs would get him in deeply trouble.

V N V ADV Ex. After playing videogames for 48 hours I passed out surprisingly but later I recuperated consciousness. n. Can/May: The word can is used to denote ability. The word may is used t denote permission.

PN V N ADJ ADV Ex. I can play videogames all day long passionately without sleeping a single hour.

PN V N V ADV ADJ N Ex. You may play with my videogames as long as I can eat loudly your delicious pizza. o. A Lot/Allot: A lot means many. A lot is always two separate words, “Alot” is not a real word. Allot means to distribute, give or assign.

PN ADJ V ADV N Ex. I ate a lot during the weekend so I didn’t have to eat delightfully during the week.

N ADJ PN V ADV Ex. Fifteen minutes were allotted to my friends so that they could play happily for a bit more.

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Glossary 1. Expert- person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority.

2. Plagiarism- an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.

3. Aptitude- capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent.

4. Master- a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something.

5. Nurture- to feed and protect.

6. Colossal- extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.

7. Cumbersome- burdensome; troublesome.

8. Harshly- ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect.

9. Delicate- fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.

10. Psychological- of, pertaining to, dealing with, or affecting the mind, especially as a function of awareness, feeling, or motivation.

11. Champion- a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place.

12. Professional- following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain.

13. Productive- having the power of producing; generative; creative.

14. Expeditiously- characterized by promptness; quick 15. Consuming- strongly and urgently felt 16. Expository- of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain.

17. Predicate- to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.

18. GameStop- a known game store.

19. Query- a question; an inquiry.

20. Affect- to act on; produce an effect or change in.

21. Effect- something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence.