Agreement
This is what the word a pronoun refers to is called.
What is an antecedent?
The rule for making any singular noun possessive.
What is "Add 's"?
The spelling mark that combines two words into a single word.
What is a hyphen?
The term for a descriptive word of phrase that describes the wrong word in a sentence.
What is a misplaced modifier?
The term for a short, pointed story, often used as an introduction.
What is an anecdote?
What is an indefinite pronoun?
The rule for making all regular plural nouns possessive.
What is "add an apostrophe"?
The punctuation mark that indicates a break in grammatical parallelism in a sentence.
What is a dash?
The term that indicates parts of a sentences sharing the same grammatical form.
What is parallelism?
The term for an extended comparison that shows how two processes are similar.
What is an analogy?
The correct form of the verb "to be" to fill in this blank: "High levels of radiation _______ dangerous."
What is "are"?
The plural possessive of the word "child."
What is "children's"?
The mark that indicates a missing element of the sentence?
What is an ellipsis?
The question a writer should always ask about every sentence.
"Who's kicking whom?"
The term for the part of an essay that discusses the opposing point of view.
What is a concession?
The correct pronoun to fill in the blank in this sentence: "Everyone should do ______ best."
What is "his or her"?
The possessive form of the pronoun "it."
What is "its"?
The correct number of dots in an ellipsis that appears in the middle of a sentence?
What is three?
The term for using the wrong grammatical structure in a sentence, such as using a dependent clause as a subject.
The term for the commonly accepted, rarely questioned ideas about a topic.
What is conventional wisdom?
The correct pronoun to fill in the blank in this sentence: "A doctor should be careful when ______ prescribed medication."
What is "he or she"?
The term for such pronouns as "yours" and "mine."
What are substantives?
The correct placement of a hyphen in the following: The student using pens is a straight A student."
What is between "straight" and "A"?
Who was the famous writing teacher who said that in clear writing you should make "every word tell"?
Who is William Strunk?
The term for extended an argument to its farthest logical point to expose its flaws.
What is reductio ad absurdum?