Nicola Yoon
Mary Rowlandson
Jonathan Edwards
Chinua Achebe
Fragments and Commas
100

How do people look from way up in the sky?

the same

100

What did Mary change her mind about when her settlement was attacked?

She decided not to commit suicide.

100

What is the sinner compared to as God dangles him over Hell?

a loathsome insect or spider

100

What did the blacksmith do for the leopard?

He made him teeth and claws.

100

C or I: I put the silverware on the table but I forgot the forks.

Incorrect

200

What happened to X to make him lose his faith in humanity?

a policeman shot him while X was out of his uniform.

200

What incident showed King Philip to be a (somewhat) fair person?

He paid Mary for sewing a shirt for his son.

200

What does Edwards say about the sun in his sermon?

It doesn't willingly shine on sinful humans

200

Why was the dog able to throw out all the other animals and defeat the leopard?

He had strong teeth.

200

When does a comma go before the word "and"?

When there is a new subject after it (in a compound sentence).

300

What surprises Syrita about where X lives?

He has a messy apartment in a dangerous area of town.

300

What unusual thing does Mary do when her daughter dies?

She lies down with her all night.
300

What is the only reason a sinner hasn't gone to Hell already?

the mercy of God (his arbitrary will)

300

What did the dog say the leopard had no right to do, though the dog had done it earlier?

Leave the village of animals

300

Correct it: Because James came late. He isn't allowed to play in the first round. He can start in the second round.

comma after "late"

400

What does Syrita do to try to restore X's faith in humanity? 

She jumps off the building in order to trigger his sympathy.

400

What is Mary's son doing when she finds him, and why?

He's pretending to be napping, but praying.

400

What does the spider web beneath the falling rock represent?

our own efforts to keep us from Hell

400

When the leopard refused to come with them, what did the animals do?

They threw stones at him.
400

Second subject? Robert lifted the book, and Mark put the paper under it.

Mark

500

What strategy of gettin X to change his mind does Syrita reject?

Telling him about the good things humans have done as a counterbalance to the bad things they've done.

500

What are two strange things Mary is forced to eat?

bear meat and an unborn deer

500

What does Deuteronomy 32:35 compare a sinner to?

A man walking in a slippery place

500

What did the dog promise the hunter in return for safety from the leopard?

He would be the hunter's slave.

500

Make up a sentence that should have a comma before the word "and."

Example: I dropped the ball, and it fell on my foot.

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