Wildcard
Name all of the FANBOYS.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
I have five brothers and they are all basketball players.
I have five brothers, and they are all basketball players.
LETS GET THIS BREAD.
LET'S GET THIS BREAD.
Add commas to the following:
With my dad out of work and three kids at home times were tough. They tried to hide how bad things were but I was too old to be fooled.
With my dad out of work and three kids at home, times were tough. They tried to hide how bad things were, but I was too old to be fooled.
The first sentence of an essay
What is a hook?
One subject and one predicate (verb).
What is independent clause?
I love to eat tacos french fries milkshakes and broccoli.
I love to eat tacos, french fries, milkshakes, and broccoli.
I have three dogs, and they all have bedazzled collars.
I have three dogs, and they all have bedazzled collars.
Which best helps clarify the meaning of the sentence?
With my dad out of work and three kids at home, times were tough. They tried to hide how bad things were, but I was too old to be fooled.
Change they to...
My parents
We
The kids
The newspaper
With my dad out of work and three kids at home, times were tough. They tried to hide how bad things were, but I was too old to be fooled.
Change they to: My parents
Two different ways to say "this shows."
What is "this illustrates"?
What is "this suggests"?
What is "thus"?
In a compound sentence, the two independent clauses are connected by...
comma and then a FANBOYS
I am so happy because I mastered my STAAR test!
I am so happy because I mastered my STAAR test! (no punctuation error)
My teachers classes are all really fun.
My teachers' classes are all really fun.
The surgeon's hands aren't on the instruments or the rods; they're on the controls that look like joysticks. The surgeon looks into a magnified video screen and tweaks the controls.
The author needs to use a more appropriate word than tweaks in this sentence. Which of these words words would be the best replacement for tweaks?
corrects
manipulates
does
changes
Manipulates
The sentence at the end of the paragraph that is general, summarizes paragraph, and relates evidence to the thesis.
What is Link Back?
Now I want to convince others that the plays of Shakespeare is timeless, entertaining, and actually quite accessible.
What is the best way to change the above sentence?
A. Change others to other's
B. Change is to are
C. Change quite to quiet
D. Change accessible to accessable
Now I want to convince others that the plays of Shakespeare is timeless, entertaining, and actually quite accessible.
Change is to are
I would love to go to Harvard for college I love the movie Legally Blonde (a movie where the main character goes to Harvard).
I would love to go to Harvard for college; I love the movie Legally Blonde.
(Semicolon)
The childrens and womens clothes at Old Navy are very cute.
The children's and women's clothes at Old Navy are very cute.
Could this be a way to provide better medical care to people?
The author wants to add more detail to the above sentence. Which sentence would best accomplish this goal?
COuld this be a way to provide and give better medical care to people who may really need it today?
Could this be a method for providing better and improved medical care to people who live in places outside the United States?
Could this be a way to provide better medical care to people in rural communities, war zones, or isolated parts of the world?
Could this be a way for excited doctors to provide better medical care?
Could this be a way to provide better medical care to people in rural communities, war zones, or isolated parts of the world?
When you address the opposing side of the argument in your essay.
What is counterargument?
Its true that I live thousands of miles and hundreds of years from the setting of Romeo and Juliet.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 12?
Change Its to It's
Change thousands to thousand's
Insert comma after miles
No change
Its true that I live thousands of miles and hundreds of years from the setting of Romeo and Juliet.
Change Its to It's
I have a lot of things to do before I go out of town wash my car bake some cookies call my mom and play some soccer.
I have a lot of things to do before I go out of town: wash my car, bake some cookies, call my mom, and play some soccer.
(Colon & commas)
I think Texas wildflowers are the most beautiful flowers in the Souths landscape.
I think Texas'(s) wildflowers are the most beautiful flowers in the South's landscape.
I assumed that reading a work by Shakespeare would be a tedious task on that was unrelated to my own life and times.
The best way to change the following sentence is:
Change tedious to tedeous
Insert a comma after task
Change unrelated to unrelatted
No change
Insert a comma after task,
I assumed that reading a work by Shakespeare would be a tedious task on that was unrelated to my own life and times.
ALL of the components of our essay checklist. Including the sentences in the first paragraph, bodies paragraphs, and conclusion.
Introduction: Hook, bridge, thesis.
MEAL (X2): Main Idea, Evidence, Analysis, Link Back
Conclusion: Restate thesis, give broader meaning of essay.