Grammar
Cause and Effect
Sponsors of Literacy
Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
100

It is the mayor who gets elected.

The mayor gets elected.

100

Pinch is to pain

Cause: Pinch Effect: Pain

100

What does it mean to be literate?

Being literate means not only having the ability to read and write but actually being able to comprehend what you read and write.

100

hen two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice.

True

200

There are many people who think the book is great.

Many people think the book is great

200

Alex got an A on his Spanish test because he studied hard over the weekend.

BECAUSE he studied hard over the weekend.

200

What is a sponsor of Literacy?

 "any agent, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy..."

200

I was hungry there was nothing to eat.

Run-On

300

After a long battle, the end result was the loss of many lives.

After a long battle, the result was the loss of many lives. 



300

Jason got grounded after he came home three hours late.

Jason got grounded

300

What does recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold mean in terms of literacy sponsors?

Sponsors can negatively impact our literacy development/hinder.

300

A punctuation mark used to separate 2 ideas.

Comma

400

At this point in time, we are playing some football.

We are playing football now.

400

He got checked out of school early since he had a dentist appointment.

Cause: he had a dentist appointment Effect: he got checked out of school early

400

List 3 of Malcolm X's sponsors of Literacy

  • Letters
  • Elijah Muhammad
  • Prison /time
400

I am tired I have to get up.

I am tired, but I have to get up.


500

He wrote a controversial paper for his ethics class. The paper that he wrote was about the issue of legalizing abortion.

He wrote a controversial paper about legalizing abortion for his ethics class.

500

Convict is to punishment as acquit is to _____? a. acquire b. incarceration c. freedom d. jail

c. freedom

500

How did Muhammad impact his X's life?

  • Malcolm X corresponded with Elijah Muhammad through letters
  • helped him build his reading and writing (through practice) skills
  • Muhammad's teachings also influenced X to read because X wanted to really understand Elijah's teaching and to verify the truth
500

Is this a comma splice? I was excited, so I expressed it.

False

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