Grammar/ Rhetoric
What is the grammar issue with the following sentence: "When I get older going to college." What should the sentence be?
Unclear antecedent. "When I get older, I'm going to college."
Mother Tongue by Amy Tan was about...
Amy Tan accepting that she is a writer, and that she can do English.
What is the worst way to start an essay?
A joke
What is the grammar/punctuation issue with the following sentence: "He walked to the store, she ran to the bank."
Comma Splice. There should be a period, not a comma.
The Time I Moved to NYC to Be a Poet by Jill Bialosky was about...
Jill moved to New York to follow her writing & editing dreams
The beginning of a story is?
exposition
An unclear antecedent is?
An unclear antecedent is when you can't tell what or who the object or subject of a sentence is.
The exposition of Mother Tongue was...
Amy Tan learns different English in the house she grows up in
The peak or "turning point" of a story is?
The climax
When an author provides their educational background, their experience in the field, uses strong sources, the author is bolstering their argument through the strategy of...
Ethos
Some of the conflicts in Jill Bialosky's personal narrative include:
Her thirst for love
Her indecisiveness about staying in New York
The end of a story is?
The resolution
"Won't" is missing a comma
"So easy to read"
The parts of a story in order are...
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution