Punctuation
What is a comma?
The correct word choice for this sentence.
(Your or you’re) going to the game tomorrow night, right?
What is you’re?
Making the first letter of a sentence, name, proper noun, or quote upper case.
What is capitalization?
The correct FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction) for this sentence.
Today we’re playing Review Jeopardy, ______ next week we will take a CBA.
What is and?
The writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Provide the type of punctuation needed in the following sentence:
Avery is out sick today _____ so I’m taking her homework to her after school.
What is a comma?
The correct word to use in this sentence.
There are (alot or a lot) of books in our school’s library.
What is a lot?
The correction needed in this sentence:
Maria asked betty for a pencil during class.
What is the capitalization of Betty?
The correct FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction) for this sentence.
My sister lives in Missouri, ____ she hates cold weather.
What is but?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
Rewrite this sentence correctly: I can never beat my little brother at video games, he has them all mastered.
I can never beat my little brother at video games because he has them all mastered.
I can never beat my little brother at video games, for he has them all mastered.
The correct word to use in this sentence.
My mom told me to put the plates over (their, there, or they're).
What is there?
A phrase, separated from the sentence by commas, that explains, renames, or otherwise gives information about the subject (noun) of the sentence.
What is an extra detail phrase (appositive)?
The correct FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction) for this sentence.
I was in choir in high school and college, ___ I love music.
What is so?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is connotation?
Rewrite this sentence with a correctly placed comma: Since her alarm clock was broken she was late for school.
Since her alarm clock was broken, she was late for school.
The correct word to use in this sentence.
The dog wanted to eat (its or it's) bone.
What is its?
Charlotte's Web is a (long/short) form work.
What is long?
The correct FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction) for this sentence.
Travis couldn't do his work, ___ he didn’t remember to bring a pencil to class.
What is for?
The three types are verbal, dramatic, and situational.
What is irony?
Provide the corrections needed in this sentence.
Over the river and through the woods is my grandmothers house where we go for Christmas every year.
What is an apostrophe in “grandmother’s” and a comma after house?
The correct word to use in this sentence.
Sometimes, I feel like I (loose or lose) my keys every three or four days.
What is lose?
The corrections required for this sentence:
Dave said i want to go to dairy queen after school today
What is:
Dave said, “I want to go to Dairy Queen after school today.”
The correct FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction) for this sentence.
Deserts are harsh and dry, ____ many plants grow there.
What is yet?
An idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning; an educated guess.
What is inference?