Word Choice
(real, really) is an adverb
really
After a long struggle, the mouse (repeals, appeals, succumbs) to the cat's playfulness.
Succumbs
Essential/Nonessential: My cell phone, which has now become a major nuisance, interrupts my conversations with people.
nonessential
Noun, Adjective, or Adverb phrase: During the Presidential election of 2004, flaws in voting machines surfaced.
Adverb
Italics: The French word faux pas refers to a social blunder.
Faux pas
Down (come, comes) two firefighters to the rescue.
come
The (recumbent, incumbent, protean) cows stood up and went towards the barn.
recumbent
A dependent clause may be connected to an independent clause by a (coordinating, subordinating) conjunction.
subordinating
Infinitive Phrase: The courtier refused to bow before that evil king.
to bow before that evil king
Capitals & punctuation: do you like pizza or tacos better
Do better?
Only two people on the team, you and (me, I), made more than 10 points.
I
The diagram shows the cell of a plant, including its (protocol, protoplasm, catacomb).
protoplasm
Compound
Noun, Adjective, or Adverb phrase: Whoever finishes the race first will win a prize.
Noun
Capitals & punctuation: my brother went to the store but he forgot the milk
My store, milk.
I can't find that brand of spaghetti sauce (nowhere, anywhere) in the store.
anywhere
(Catacombs, protoplasms, protypes) made an eerie setting for the novel.
Catacombs
Find the conjunctive adverb: I wanted to go to the park; however, it started to rain.
however
Participle Phrase: Courtiers attempting to gain prestige and favor will bow before an evil king.
attempting to gain prestige and favor
Capitals & punctuation: that movie was amazing said lily
"That amazing!" Lily.
Prometheus escaped just (like, as) the prophecy predicted.
as
Did you vote for the (prototype, incumbent, catapult) or a new candidate?
incumbent
Independent/Dependent: Although she was tired, she finished her homework.
Dependent
Noun, Adjective, or Adverb phrase: The girl who won the contest is my cousin.
Adjective
Capitals & punctuation:on saturday we went hiking in the mountains
On Saturday, mountains.