In a sentence, this word identifies what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
100
This type of sentence gives equal emphasis to different ideas by linking them with a specific type of conjunction or a semicolon.
What is a coordinated sentence?
100
You should always use a comma after this type of word or phrase which is used to set a time or condition for the rest of a sentence or clause.
What is an introductory word or phrase?
100
A journal article that has been reviewed by colleagues of the writer is called this
What is peer reviewed?
100
This rhetorical concept refers to an appeal to the emotions of a reader.
What is pathos?
200
This type of word shows actions of body or mind, occurrences, or states of being.
What is a verb?
200
This type of shift occurs when a writer switches between first, second, and third person point of view, and can be very confusing to readers.
What is an unnecessary shift in person and number?
200
This type of quotation occurs when paraphrasing what someone said, and as such it requires no quotation marks.
What is indirect quotation?
200
In an APA end of text citation, this is the first item listed for an article with one author.
What is first name?
200
This rhetorical concept refers to the writer's purpose, the reader's understanding, anything that has already been said, and many other factors.
What is context?
300
This type of word expresses surprise or emotion, and often stands alone, even as a fragment.
What is an interjection?
300
This word refers to the writers attitude towards a topic or audience.
What is tone?
300
You should always use a comma after this type of expression, which adds a comment or information, but can be omitted without altering sentence meaning.
What is a parenthetical expression?
300
In MLA, when an article has this many authors (or more), you can just write the first authors name followed by et al.
What is 3?
300
This word refers to an appeal that may seem logical, but is in fact faulty.
What is a fallacy?
400
This type of word has the same form as a present participle ending in -ing (Answering, for example), but always functions as a noun.
What is a gerund?
400
This type of word is so overused that it contributes no real meaning to a sentence.
What is an empty word?
400
You should always set this type of word or phrase, which acts as an adjective and renames a noun, apart with commas.
What is an appositive?
400
In APA this is the punctuation that should follow the name of the journal an article appeared in.
What is a comma?
400
This word (as used in describing the writing process) means that a process takes place, not as a linear series of actions, but rather as a sequence of repeated steps.
What is recursive?
500
This type of pronoun identifies or points to specific nouns.
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
500
This type of structure occurs when a writer omits a word in a compound structure because it is exactly the same as a word used earlier in the compound.
What is elliptical structure?
500
This type of word or phrase is essential to overall sentence meaning, and as such should not be set apart with commas.
What is a restrictive element?
500
When using CRAAP to evaluate sources, this is what the P stands for.
What is purpose?
500
This word, along with "Topic," is one of the parts of a successful thesis.