Grammar
Two independent clauses joined together with only a comma
What is a comma splice?
Subject, type, role, audience, and purpose
What is STRAP?
What is the average lifespan of a major league baseball?
a. 7 pitches
b. 7 innings
c. 7 games
a. 7 pitches
to sharpen or improve
What is hone?
Clearly states your opinion about a topic in one clear sentence
What is a thesis statement?
A group of words, phrase, or dependent clause
What is a fragment?
Survey, question, read, recite, review
What is SQ3R?
At any given time, how many thunderstorms are in progress all over the globe?
a. 18
b. 180
c. 1,800
c. 1,800
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
What is banal?
A short written composition on one subject that expresses the views of the writer
What is an essay?
Two or more independent clauses joined together without any punctuation
What is wrong word choice?
What you know, what you want to know, what you learned
What is KML?
Are you more likely to be struck by lightning or infected by flesh-eating bacteria?
flesh-eating bacteria
to cause or give rise to; to create
What is to engender?
a brief account of the main points of a work of literature
What is a summary?
When the number of the verb matches the number of the subject
What is subject-verb agreement?
A logical conclusion based on background knowledge and textual clues
What is an inference?
How fast does a sneeze travel out of your mouth?
a. 10 m.p.h.
b. 100 m.p.h.
c. speed of sound
b. 100 m.p.h.
showing perception, having street smarts
What is savvy?
Use of the same pattern of words for related ideas of the same importance
What is parallelism?
When the number, gender, and person of a pronoun match the number, gender, and person of its antecedent
What is noun-pronoun agreement?
What are passive readers?
Where is a shrimp's heart?
a. in its head
b. in its chest
c. in its tail
a. in its head
of or pertaining to money
What is pecuniary?
•Be typed on white 8.5“ x 11“ paper
•Double-space everything
•Use 12 pt. Times New Roman (or similar) font
•Leave only one space after punctuation
•Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides
•Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch
What is MLA format?