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"They fought like cats and dogs!" is an example of what kind of comparison?
What is a simile?
A _____ names what you will write about, at both essay and paragraph levels.
What is a Topic Sentence?
A _____ is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea and should be capitalized.
What is a Proper Noun?
In a _____ the atoms of ions of one or more substances are rearranged.
What is a Chemical Reaction?
The following words are examples of what?
slowly, hardly, beautifully, patiently
What are Adverbs?
"Laughter is the music of the soul" is an example of what kind of comparison?
What is a metaphor
In this kind of essay, you are trying to persuade your reader to adopt your opinion.
What is an Argumentative essay?
We use this punctuation mark to show possession (belonging to) and plurality.
What is the apostrophe?
Anything that can force matter to move, change direction, or change speed has _____.
What is Energy?
These are descriptive words and answer the question, "what kind of"
What are adjectives?
A passage based on imagination or reality that tells a story is called _____ text.
What is Literary text?
A _____ encapsulates what you actually say about your topic.
What is a Thesis Statement?
"I (ca'nt, can't) be sure (who's, whose) responsible but (its, it's) coming from your apartment." Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.
What is can't, who's, and it's?
_____ comes in many forms, and it can be converted from one form to another.
What is Energy?
A name of an incomplete sentence. There are two possible answers. One will do but is always better.
What is a Sentence Fragment or a Dependent Clause?
What is the Main Idea?
What is the most important idea in a paragraph or passage?
A _____ uses roman numerals, letters, and numbers to sort information during the planning stage of an essay.
What is an Outline?
The following are examples of what kind of words:
affect, effect; accept, except; board, bored
What are Homonyms?
_____ an English physicist and mathematician, set down three laws by which the planets and all other objects move when acted upon by a force. These are called the Laws of Motion.
Who is Sir Issac Newton?
I just got paid and I'm looking to have fun tonight!
Is this sentence correct? Why or why not?
It needs a comma after paid.
A passage that is meant to explain, instruct, or describe is called _____ text.
What is Informational text?
When you freely write down all ideas in the order which they occur to you. Unlike freewriting, this technique requires the writer to record only ideas and phrases.
What is Brainstorming?
What do we call what's missing in these words?
self improvement, all inclusive, long term
What is a Hyphen?
Many forms of energy are transmitted as _____.
What are waves?
Which of the following is an example of a properly used semicolon:
1. I'm not just the president; I'm also a client.
2. I'm not just the president; but I'm also a client.
What is number 1?