The Infographic Guide to Grammar: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know

by Jara Kern

Overview

Mastering grammar is now easier than ever with this fully illustrated guide that covers the most important rules in grammar and punctuation—making even the most confusing rules easy to understand.

This illustrated guide to English grammar gives you everything you need for a better understanding of how to write and punctuate correctly. From proper comma usage to the correct form of there, their, or they’re—understanding grammar has never been easier.

Is it who or whom? Affect or effect? And what is a prepositional phrase? With The Infographic Guide to Grammar, you’ll learn the answers to all of these questions, and so much more. Filled with colorful, easy-to-understand entries, this book includes topics like:

–Basic sentence structure
–The parts of speech
–Common mistakes and how to avoid them

Featuring 50 vibrant infographics explaining everything from subject-verb agreement to the Oxford comma and verb tenses this book breaks down the complicated rules and guidelines for writing the English language and makes them clear and straightforward.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507212387
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Series:	Infographic Guide Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	203,048
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jara Kern tapped her entrepreneurial streak as a kindergartner, when she wrote to Hasbro with the idea for a new line of My Little Pony toys, accompanied by names, marketing copy, and detailed illustrations. While she’s moved on from My Little Ponies, her knack for organizing ideas and expressing them in sparkling copy has stayed with her—and helped her nurture a thriving career. When she’s not strategizing or writing, you’ll find her running trails or learning about birds and bugs with her three children. She holds a degree in music performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Parts of Speech

Nouns 14

Adjectives 16

Verbs 18

Adverbs 20

Verb Tenses 22

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs 24

Pronouns 26

Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases 28

Conjunctions 30

Interjections! 32

Chapter 2 Sentence Structure

Sentence Functions 36

Subjects and Predicates 38

Subject-Verb Agreement 40

Compound Subjects 42

Complements 44

Phrases 46

Clauses 48

Restrictive Clauses & Non-Restrictive Clauses 50

Parallelism and Logical Sentences 52

Chapter 3 Punctuation

Capitalization 56

Ending a Sentence 58

Apostrophes & Contractions 60

Commas 62

Quotation Marks 64

Colons & Semicolons 66

Hyphens, Em Dashes, & En Dashes 68

Parentheses 70

Brackets 72

Bold, Italics, and Underlining 74

Ellipses 76

The Slash 78

Abbreviations & Acronyms 80

Chapter 4 Writing Style

Identifying Your Purpose and Audience 84

Active & Passive Voice 86

Using Transitional Words and Phrases 88

Paragraph Structure 90

Fixing Repetition and Introducing Variety 92

Foreign Words & Phrases 94

Slang & Dialect 96

Improving Writing 98

Style Guides: A Brief Overview 100

Chapter 5 Common Mistakes

Clichés, Generalizations, Platitudes, and Jargon 104

Commonly Confused Words 106

Who & Whom 108

More Common Mistakes 110

Commonly Misused Phrases 112

Modifier Problems 114

Run-On Sentences and Wordiness 116

Double Negatives 118

Fussy Grammar 120

Editorial Reviews

Good solid tips.”

—The Eccentric Librarian

“A fantastic book.”

—Author Unpublished

“Bright, bold, and informative ... sure to please any grammar enthusiast and visual learners.”

—Madison’s Library

“Simple and clearly written, visually appealing, well organized, and — a bonus! — fun to read.”

—Create Teach Inspire

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