Unless part of the direct quote, these punctuation marks remain outside the quotation marks at the end of a sentence.
What is the question mark, exclamation mark, semi-colon, and colon.
100
This mark is used to attach compound words, such as "mid" and "day," or "post" and "war."
What is a hyphen?
100
These are the two categories of verbs with regard to voice.
What are active and passive?
100
Which of these titles receive quotation marks (as opposed to being italicized/underlined)?
Songs
Newspapers
Journal articles
Books
Movies
Plays (full length)
Plays (one-act)
Short stories
Short stories, plays (one-act), journal articles, songs all receive quotation marks when cited.
100
Please choose the correct sentence below and explain why it is correct.
My brother is a dentist.
My brother is dentists.
My brother are dentists.
My brothers are dentist.
My brother is a dentist.
The subject, verb, and object must be in agreement.
200
These punctuation marks always go inside the closing quotation mark UNLESS there is a parenthetical reference after the quote.
What is the period and comma?
200
This mark is used to indicate a break in syntax, for a clarification on the previous point in the sentence, or in the place of parentheses.
What is the dash? Or more accurately, the em dash? (--)
200
This specific type of verb is the #1 indicator that a statement is passive.
What are the "to be" verbs?
200
This amount or above of quoted lines must be offset in block formation.
What is 4 lines?
200
These are singular indefinite pronouns. (List three)
What are everyone, anyone, someone, no one, anybody, somebody, nobody?
300
This is a mark used to separate lines of poetry from one another in a quote.
What is the slash mark (/)?
300
This is the number of spaces the dash should have on either side of it when used in a sentence to indicate a break in syntax.
What is zero?
300
This is one reason why passive voice is undesirable when writing essays (pick any valid reason).
What is
the subject is "acted upon" by some other agent or by something unnamed ("this new policy was improved")
it makes sentences wordier and less clear
it detracts from the action of the essay
it's boring to read
it avoids responsibility for actions taken ("cigarette ads were designed to appeal to children")
other answers...
300
To qualify as a sentence, every independent clause must contain these elements.
What is a subject and a verb?
300
These are plural indefinite pronouns. (List two and use one to complete the sentence below.)
__________ of the beads ________ missing.
What are many, both, few, several, others?
Sometimes all, some, more, most, none.
400
These marks are used to insert additional information into a quote for clarity.
What are brackets ([])?
400
Punctuate this sentence
The mid to post war era received a lot of attention in the news.
The mid- to post-war era received a lot of attention in the news.
400
Restate this sentence to be in active voice
The glass became broken when it was knocked off the table as I walked by.
I broke the glass when I walked by and knocked it off the table.
400
Postulate one reason why one might choose to use a sentence fragment. How should it be done?
Possible answer
Stylistic choice--must be done intentionally, as in
"Harrison Ford said he would take on another Indiana Jones project. In a New York minute."
NOT "Caliban and cannibal inhabitants of the New World."
400
Correct this sentence
This can be a tough time for a father when they set their child free and begin to treat them more like an adult.
This can be a tough time for a father when he sets his child free and begins to treat her more like an adult.
500
Punctuate this quote correctly
The reporter said The team yelled we won
The reporter said, "The team yelled 'we won.'"
500
Punctuate this sentence using only dashes or hyphens
The natives Caliban and Ariel were subject to Prospero's will.
The natives--Caliban and Ariel--were subject to Prospero's will.
500
Restate from passive to active voice
That they were God's chosen people and that they had to convert the Indians to Christianity was a belief held by the Puritans.
The Puritans believed they were God's chosen people and that they had to convert the Indians to Christianity.
500
When quoting long passages, these are the mechanical parameters and punctuation one must use in the offset quotation block.
What are one inch indents from the left margin and no quotation marks?
500
Daily Double:
Please distinguish (define in your own words) between "continual" and "continuous."
Continual occurs again and again.
Continuous occurs without interruption.