Colons & Semicolons
Which is needed?
Commas
What is the comma rule?
MLA
What is the missing word(s)?
Comma splice, Run on Sentence, or Fragment
Essays
100
The rain was unending_ the rivers overflowed.
What is a semicolon?
100
After a long hard day, Stephanie knelt by her bed and wept.
What is an introductory comma?
100
_____ is the name of the page with bibliographic information.
What is the Works Cited page?
100
The storms ripped through town. Which is why residents want disaster relief.
What is a fragment?
100
The first sentences of an essay are generally referred to as this word that starts with an “h.”
What is the hook?
200
Lady Westfield spent her day in seclusion__ reading in the library, writing letters to her family, and pondering her looming death.
What is a colon?
200
The enemy was in the kitchen, and Michael quietly exited by the back door.
What is a comma with a conjunction between two complete sentences?
200
_______ is generally the first item in a citation
What is the author's name?
200
Every day, no matter the weather, the officers patrol the streets often they work during storms, even tornados.
What is a run on sentence?
200
Generating ideas by writing them down and using circles and lines to connect them or Making a formal narrative list of the elements of your essay
What are Pre-writing activities or skills?
300
Jason was warned about the rising floodwater__ however, he made no preparations.
What is a semi-colon?
300
President Joe Stowell, who was also a prankster in college, understood the immature acts of the students.
What is commas with non-restrictive information or unnecessary (extra) information
300
An in-text citation generally includes the author’s name and _____.
What is page number?
300
Fred was a good man, he helped the town rebuild.
What is a comma splice?
300
Words that tie each paragraph together and provide smooth flow in an essay are called ____.
What are transitions?
400
Please read John 3__14 in the Bible.
What is a colon?
400
The mail came early, Stephanie, and a letter came for you.
What is commas around directly addressing a person?
400
The name of the city of publication is followed by the ____________ when citing a book.
What is the name of the Publishing Company?
400
After the long and complicated trial leading to his arrest. The man avoided all publicity.
What is fragment?
400
The sentence or two that tells what the reader what the essay is about.
What is the thesis
500
I toured the United States and visited Chicago, Illinois_ Detroit, Michigan__ Atlanta, Georgia__ and Dallas, Texas.
What are semicolons?
500
We first met Katelyn on August 22, 2006, in Taiyuan, China.
What is commas with dates and places (addresses)?
500
Modern Language Association
What does MLA stand for?
500
The research was done, James went to take a nap.
What is comma splice?
500
The strategy used when writing your conclusion that brings your essay full circle.
What is revisiting the thesis or introduction?
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