Argument
Word Usage
MLA Format/Citations
MUGS: Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar
Composition
100
An argumentative appeal that uses facts, statistics, and logic to appeal to their audience.
What is logos?
100
Select the correct form of there/their/they're for the following sentence: ________ going to the the mall on Tuesday to finish their Christmas shopping.
What is they're?
100
These are used to provide the source information to your reader/audience.
What is a citation?
100
Complete the sentence with the correct tense of jog: Yesterday during track practice I ran, _____, and skipped an entire mile.
What is jogged?
100
The main sentence in an essay is this sentence .
What is a thesis statement?
200
An argumentative appeal that uses feelings and emotion to appeal to the audience.
What is pathos?
200
Select the correct form of your/you're for the following sentence: Can I come to _______ house on Christmas Eve?
What is your?
200
Which punctuation marks must go around the SOURCE in an in-text citation?
What are parentheses?
200
The word(s) that needs to be capitalized in the following sentence: in march i am going to gatlinburg, tennessee.
What is In, March, I, Gatlinburg, and Tennessee?
200
The mini thesis statement is called a claim and is written in which paragraph in an essay.
What is a body paragraph?
300
An argumentative appeal that uses the speaker's credibility and ethics to appeal to the audience.
What is ethos?
300
Select the correct word (a/an) to complete the following sentence: ____ banana a day also keeps the doctor away.
What is A?
300
Which punctuation marks must go around the QUOTE in an in-text citation?
What are quotation marks?
300
Which punctuation mark correctly connects the following sentence: I am going to the store and I am going to the gym.
What is a comma?
300
Quotes are called what when referring to composition.
What is evidence?
400
"Students who study for final exams are 92% more likely to pass the exam compared to students who do not study" is an example of what argumentative appeal?
What is logos?
400
Which word best completes the following sentence: is or are? "Henry ______ going to take a final during 4th period tomorrow."
What is "is"?
400
What must come at the beginning of a quote used in an essay?
What is a lead-in?
400
Which punctuation mark correctly connects the following sentence: I am going to the store I am going to the mall.
What is a semi-colon?
400
These sentences follow evidence in a paper.
What is commentary?
500
"Our experience in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best" is an example of what argumentative appeal?
What is ethos?
500
Select the correct form of the word who's/whose to complete the sentence: "_______ going to drop me off at the airport this weekend?"
What is Who's?
500
Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentence using MLA format: Weisel states "The night was never-ending in the camps" (93).
What is a comma?
500
What is the phrase "a former basketball player": Garrett, a former basketball player, is unsure of U.K.'s team this year.
What is a non-essential clause?
500
The types of commentary in an essay.
What is explain the quote and connect to claim?
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