Grammar
Vocabulary
Punctuation rules
Essays
Try my luck
100

I can be a place, a person, or a thing

What is a noun?

100

It means "just, no more than, scarcely"

What is "barely"?

100
Two independent clauses held together by only a comma

What is a comma splice?

100

I am the very first paragraph in an essay, i.e., the essay "map."

What is the introduction?

100

I modify different parts of speech, one of which is verbs

What is an adverb?

200

I modify nouns and pronouns

What is an adjective?

200

It's not necessarily a long life you live

What is "lifespan"?

200

A sentence that runs into another

What is a run-on sentence?

200

I start an essay but I am used to fish as well

What is the hook?

200

You must always have to hands in an essay :-)

What is "on the other hand"?

300

I am a phrase with its own object

What is a prepositional phrase?

300

You make it when you state something without having any proof

What is an alligation?

300

An alternative to FAN BOYS + comma, but not a period.

What is a semicolon?

300

In a classification essay, the most important thing is

What is the organization principle?

300

The poison that perhaps killed Napoleon

What is cyanide?

400

I can never be omitted in English sentences

What is the subject?

400

The cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest:

What is "canopy"?

400

List the FAN BOYS

What is, for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?

400

Connecting topic sentences to the thesis is called...

What is coherence?

400

The closest planet to the sun

What is Mercury?

500

You need to avoid using me when talking about general categories

What is a definite article?

500

When you look intently at something, you...

What is "gaze at it"?

500

A phrase or dependent clause whose meaning is not complete - one that cannot stand alone

What is a fragment?

500

Connecting each sentence to what came before and what came after is called...

What is cohesion?

500

If you develop dietary habits because of that, you were probably born in a very poor family.

What is "out of hardship"?

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