Grammar
The part of speech that describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
This describes the process of checking for mistakes, such as spelling and punctuation errors.
What is proofreading?
The word “quickly” is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
These are used around titles of short stories, poems, and articles.
What are quotation marks?
This sentence tells the main point or argument of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The word “and” is an example of this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
These three dots are used to show omitted words in a quotation.
What is an ellipsis?
The process of planning and organizing before one starts drafting a piece of writing.
What is prewriting?
The step of reorganizing and improving ideas after writing the first draft.
What is revising?
It's the type of sentence that asks a question.
What is an interrogative sentence?
A punctuation mark that replaces a missing letter (or letters) in a word.
What is an apostrophe?
The punctuation mark used to join two independent clauses with no conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
A word no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor.
What is an archaic word?