Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Rules for Writers
Punctuation
How to Manipulate
100
With the root word "expose," it is the subtitle of this course
What is expository?
100
Person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
One example of this speech act is "quick as a fox"
What is a cliche?
100
British English calls this a full stop
What is a period?
100
This geometric shape "appeals" to everyone
What is the rhetorical triangle?
200
Featured as the title of another category, it is the writer's power over the reader
What is manipulation?
200
Modifies a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
200
Specialized language used in a group or profession
What is jargon?
200
It's the most misused punctuation
What is the comma?
200
In this day and age, these phrases are dead as a doornail
What are cliches?
300
It is the art of spoken or written communication
What is rhetoric?
300
Wow! is an example of this part of speech that interrupts the normal flow of speech
What is an interjection?
300
This group of words do not point to the words they modify
What are dangling or misplaced modifiers? (either answer will suffice)
300
It is the punctuation mark that goes with an interjection
What is an exclamation point?
300
This type of essay appeals to the five senses
What is a descriptive essay?
400
It is the added definition used in sentences, created by using parentheses, dashes, or commas.
What is an appositive?
400
This part of speech features this cartoon narrator
What is a conjunction?
400
These groups of words are defined as speech forms that do not follow specified language rules and are easy for native speakers to understand
What are idioms? (18d)
400
These surround articles or specialized definitions
What are quotation marks?
400
An example of what not to put in an essay is this "tried and true" phrase
What is a cliche?
500
Simply put, it is described as "thinking about your thinking."
What is metacognition?
500
This part of speech can be either active or passive
What is a verb?
500
Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive are examples of these
What are moods?
500
Use this punctuation mark to separate complicated serial items.
What is the semicolon?
500
It's the ordering of paragraphs that creates the greatest impression on the reader
What is emphasis?