Herb’s sister yelled, "Does anyone have a telephone"?
Question mark should be inside the quotes.
100
After she poured the brass, Alice took off her gloves; filled the tub with water; and submerged the sculpture.
Replace semi-colons with commas
100
Either Sam or his sister are going to the movies tonight after the play rehearsal.
Either sam or his sister is....
100
This person was a Puritan and considered America's first poet. She felt that God steered her fate, but not in a wrathful manner. She surrendered her will to God, even in the face of losing her home and all her belongings.
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
100
Poe likened the Masked party intruder to what?
What is the Red Death?
200
Nancy prefers gold to silver; she thinks its more elegant.
It should be It's
200
b) The gangsters told the shopkeeper, "If you are not careful you’ll be ‘fish food.’"
Don't need the second set of quotes
200
We listened breathlessly to the stories told by the man eating ice-cream and pie.
What is misplaced modifier
200
Known for his angry sermon, likening God to a wrathful force dangling humans over a pit of hell. He believed that only God's mercy was preventing us all from entering the fiery depths of hell.
Who is Jonathan Edwards? (Remember Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
200
The woman in the Yellow Wallpaper was not allowed to:
A: Write
B: Work
C: care for her children
D: All of the above
All of the above
300
Grace is going to the movies without him, Bryce has already seen it.
What is a run on? How do you fix it?
300
Last year Greg read "Gone with the Wind;" his sister recommended it.
Need to underline/ the book. (or italics)
300
Each of the girls enjoyed the movie, but forgot to eat their snacks.
Each of the girls enjoyed the movie, but forgot to eat her snacks.
300
Hung for the sake of his good name. (Hint: his wife kept a cold house.)
WHo is John Proctor?
300
The ebony clock in the last room symbolized...
Fate and time running out
400
The moose made its way across the meadow, and into the forest.
Take the comma out. This is not a compound sentence, since it does not connect two independent clauses.
A compound sentence needs a conjunction, two independent clauses and a comma.
400
b) The balloon’s pilot climbed a 60 foot cable to repair the leak.
Need a dash between 60 and foot.
400
The number of men at the soccer game were more than 300.
"The number" is always singular; it refers to "one" specific number. The number of men at the game is more than 400.
400
"More Weight."
Giles Corey
400
The Yellow Paper and A Story of an Hour have this in common:
They are both about oppressive marriages
500
Kimberly is flying to Mexico to meet her husband Jack for a vacation.
What is a misplaced modifier?
500
Pudding and custard are Ted's two favorite desserts which Kate cannot understand at all.
you need a comma after desserts
500
Neither of the girls nor the boy are going.
Neither of the girls nor the boy is going.
500
In the Yellow Wallpaper, what happened to the victim's husband at the end of the story?