Phrases
Clauses
Essay Organization
MLA Citations
Miscellaneous
100
It begins with words like in, of, by, over, next to and often shows location.
What is a prepositional phrase?
100
A word group made of a subject and a verb that can stand alone
What is an independent clause?
100
The very first lines of an essay
What is the attention getter or opener?
100
This is how the entries should be ordered on your works cited page.
What is alphabetically?
100
This is FANBOYS.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
200
It is "to" plus a verb.
What is an infinitive phrase?
200
A word group made of a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone
What is a dependent clause?
200
The last sentence of your introduction
What is the best place for a thesis statement?
200
This is how you should cite a fact from page 16 in a book by Sarah Anders.
What is (Anders 16)?
200
This is the type of sentence that uses FANBOYS to join two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound or coordinating sentence?
300
It usually ends in -ing, -ed, or -en and works as an adjective.
What is a participial phrase?
300
Jessica and Amy decided to get confetti cake blizzards after school.
What is a simple sentence?
300
This is what should begin each body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
300
This is what you should do for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th . . . lines of an entry on the works cited page.
What is indent?
300
It is an anecdote, quotation, question, description, interesting fact, dialogue, or a metaphor.
What is an attention getter?
400
It ends with -ing and works as a noun.
What is a gerund phrase?
400
While I was babysitting my younger brother last night, the power went out during the storm, and we had to search the house in the dark for a flashlight.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
400
This is what should end each body paragraph.
What is a clincher sentence?
400
This is what you should use to cite if there is no author.
What is the title?
400
Theses are the four parts of creating sentence fluency.
What is clear style, concise style, emphatic style, and lively style?
500
It renames a noun or gives more information and it is usually set off by commas.
What is an appositive phrase?
500
When you asked me if I had the notes from the lecture on Thursday, I realized I had forgotten them and left them on my desk next to my laptop.
What is a complex sentence?
500
This is the order of a conclusion.
What is a restated thesis, a recap of main points, and a closing statement?
500
These are interviews, police reports, eye-witness accounts, court documents, videos of an event, speeches.
What are primary sources?
500
These are the four essays you wrote in Comp. 11.
What are a This I Believe, a College Application, a Persuasive Research, and a Movie Analysis essay?
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