Grammar
This single punctuation mark could be used to join these two independent clauses and fill in the blank:
It is true that doctors have many years of school to complete __ it makes sense that someone working with people's lives should be well-trained.
What is a Semi-colon?
It is true that doctors have many years of school; it makes sense that someone working with people's lives should be well-trained.
This version of their/there/they're is correct for the below sentence.
He is standing over ___ .
What is There?
The thesis statement is usually located at this point in academic essays.
What is the last sentence of the introduction?
This type of revision involves the big picture of your essay; it relates to ideas, purpose, audience, evidence, analysis, and organization.
What is Global revision?
These are included in the upper righthand corner of all MLA papers.
What are last name and page numbers?
This is the primary noun in a sentence or, the 'doer' of the main action.
What is the subject?
This form of your/you're is used to mean 'you are'?
What is You're?
Your paragraphs begin with these initial statements that "state, then elaborate" the main points of your paragraphs.
What are Topic Sentences?
This type of revision focuses on stray marks, misspellings, incorrect punctuation, and other proofreading concerns.
What is Surface revision?
The title of the "Works Cited" page should be justified in this manner on your page.
What is centered?
When two Independent Clauses are joined with only a comma, it results in this error.
What is a comma splice?
This form of to/too/two means 'also/excessive'.
What is Too?
In academic writing, the P.I.E acronym stands for this method of structuring paragraphs.
What is Point, Information, Explanation?
This type of revision focuses on a paragraph and sentence level cohesion: topic sentences, source integration, paragraph support of the thesis statement, etc.
What is Local revision?
When using parenthetical in-text citations, the period comes ___ the parentheses.
What is after?
A sentence is this when it is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought.
What is a fragment?
This version of Affect or Effect belongs in the below sentnece:
The policy will ___ many of those that live near water systems.
What is Affect?
This brainstorming method allows a writer to visualize themes and aspects of their topic, drawing connections between the "bubbles" they create.
What is a Concept Map?
One tip for revision is to take this part of your essay, revise and modify it appropriately, and turn it into your introduction paragraph.
What is your conclusion?
In-text citations include a last name of the author and a ____ (if available)
What is a page number?
This part of speech is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
What are prepositions?
This choice between "then" or "than" belongs in the below sentence.
I went to the coffee shop to grab a latte, but ___ I found out they didn't have any lactose-free milk.
What is "then"
This part of your essay should not contain any new information relevant to the argument in your essay, but should instead offer a sense of discovery, and maybe a call to action.
What is a conclusion?
This part of your essay is often difficult to do on a first draft, because we write the way that we think, and we do not usually think using these between our ideas.
What are Transitions?
On your Works Cited page, any entry that is longer than one line has a _____ for all subsequent lines
What is a hanging indent?