Misused Words
The library is located (between/among) the bakery and barber shop.
What is between?
In English language punctuation this comma is a comma placed immediately after the penultimate term in a series of three or more terms.
What is the oxford comma?
This punctuation mark is used to replace parentheses in formal writing.
What is the em dash?
This is the number of essays you will write on the exam.
What is three?
This is the name of my dog.
Who is Appa?
The roads were (affected/effected) by all of the snow.
What is affected?
State the reason you know that a comma is needed in the following sentence:
February is a long, cold month.
What is the fact that you can add the word "and" in-between the adjectives and the sentence would still make sense?
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a series that has interior commas.
What is the semicolon?
This is how much time you will have for the synthesis essay.
What is 55 minutes?
What is a blue heeler or border collie?
Please (lie/lay) the sweater on the couch.
What is lay?
This is the word that a comma needs to come after in the sentence below.
You're one of the senator's close friends aren't you?
What is "friends"?
This punctuation mark should be used to combine the two sentences below.
Dad is going bald. His hair is getting thinner and thinner.
What is the semicolon?
This many multiple choice questions will be on the exam.
What is 45?
This is my middle name.
What is Jean?
I will (borrow/lend) you $5.
What is lend?
State what is wrong with this sentence:
Miller asserts that "all dogs are pure" (Miller, 36).
What is not needing a comma between author's last name and the page number?
Identify the BEST punctuation to add to the sentence below.
Shakespeare said it best “To thine own self be true.”
What is the colon?
This is how many points each essay is out of.
What is 6?
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of this number.
What is thirteen?
The paintbrush is (lying/laying) by your pastel chalks.
What is lying?
This is the name of the phrase found between the commas in the sentence below.
That Tuesday, which happens to be my birthday, is the only day when I am available to meet.
State the difference between the en dash and the em dash.
The en dash is for ranges; the em dash is for extra information or a sentence break.
This is the first type of essay (argument, synthesis, or rhetorical analysis) to appear on the exam.
What is the synthesis essay?
This is the name of the largest rodent.
What is the capybara?