Grammar Bytes
Who Said What?
All Research
Go Figure
Right about Writing
100
A piece of punctuation used to show ownership or possession.
What is the apostrophe?
100
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Who is Atticus Finch?
100
Give an example of an unreliable source.
What is ask.com, wikipedia.
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
100
What essay requires you to create characters, setting, plot, and dialogue?
What is a Literary essay?
200
Identify where the run-on needs to be separated. Gustavo can tolerate any lecture, no matter how boring the instructor is, in his mind, Gustavo imagines that he is on board the starship Enterprise, blasting Romulans from his post on the bridge.
What is between "is and in."
200
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
Who is Scout Finch?
200
Give an example of a reliable source.
What is a database or educational institution?
200
Zeebo cleared his throat and read in a voice like the rumble of distant artillery.
What is a simile?
200
What is an Expository essay?
What is "an essay that explains your thoughts on a particular subject."
300
Identify the fragment, if there is one. A)Even though the windows leak and the paint is peeling, Georgette loves her old pickup truck. B)The vehicle that has dependably taken her everywhere since junior year of high school.
What is "B."
300
"Our daddy's a friend of your daddy's. Scout here, she's crazy-she won't fight you any more."
Who is Jem?
300
What is the benefit of using a database for research?
What is "to ensure that you are pulling information from a reliable source that has already been reviewed."
300
I've told you a million times to pick up your dirty clothes!
What is a hyperbole?
300
The sentence that states what your essay will be about.
What is the thesis statement?
400
If needed, where should an apostrophe be inserted? Sam and Celeste always have extra supplies, so if you forgot to bring a pencil, ask to borrow one of theirs.
What is "nowhere."
400
"Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now."
Who is Miss Caroline?
400
What is the purpose of a Works Cited page?
What is "to tell your audience where you got your information."
400
The sunset painted the sky orange.
What is personification?
400
Where is the thesis statement located?
What is the end of the introductory paragraph?
500
Identify the appositive phrase. Genette's bedroom desk, the biggest disaster area in the house, is a collection of overdue library books, dirty plates, computer components, old mail, cat hair, and empty potato chip bags.
What is "the biggest disaster area in the house."
500
"If you'll concede the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always have. Is it a bargain?"
Who is Atticus Finch?
500
What is the academic term for "taking someone's ideas and using them as if they are your own."
What is plagiarism?
500
Life's a journey, not a destination.
What is a metaphor?
500
Explain the acronym RTSC and which essay it applies to.
What is Rhetorical Question, Thesis, Support, Conclusion; Expository Essay?
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