Vocabulary
THE ART OF SPEAKING OR WRITING EFFECTIVELY, OR SKILL IN THE EFFECTIVE USE OF SPEECH.
WHAT IS A RHETORIC?
WHAT DO YOU CALL A DOCUMENT WHERE YOU COLLECT SOURCES, CITE THEM PROPERLY, SUMMARIZE THEM, AND EVALUATE THEM FOR RELIABILITY AND RELEVANCE?
WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?
CHOOSE THE SENTENCE THAT USES THE CORRECT VERB TENSE.
A. When my brother cried, he wins the argument.
B. They are liking that play very much.
C. He swims in the pool every day.
D. I bring milk to school every day, including today.
WHAT IS "C"?
(Swims is the present tense of the verb to swim.)
Eating whoopie pies all day.
*SENTENCE
*FRAGMENT
*RUN-ON
WHAT IS A FRAGMENT?
THE WAY IN WHICH LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS (WORDS) ARE PUT TOGETHER TO FORM PHRASES OR CLAUSES.
WHAT IS SYNTAX?
WHAT STYLE DO WE USE FOR OUR CITATIONS, ANNOTATIONS, REFERENCES, AND FORMAT IN RESEARCH PAPERS? (HINT: THREE LETTERS)
WHAT IS MLA?
CHOOSE THE SENTENCE THAT CORRECTLY USES A NEGATIVE.
A. I scarcely have any money.
B. I hardly have none of my friends coming over.
C. I don't want no seconds of that meat.
D. I do not have no eraser with me.
WHAT IS "A"?
A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CANNOT STAND ON ITS OWN AS A FULL SENTENCE.
WHAT IS A DEPENDENT CLAUSE?
A POSITION OR PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH SOMETHING IS CONSIDERED EVALUATED.
WHAT IS POINT OF VIEW?
NAME THE TWO WEB DOMAINS (SUCH AS .COM) THAT INDICATE THAT A SOURCE IS PROBABLY RELIABLE.
WHAT IS .EDU AND .GOV?
CHOOSE THE SENTENCE THAT ILLUSTRATES SENTENCE CLARITY BY USING MODIFIERS CORRECTLY.
A. The torn mechanic's manual lay on the tool bench.
B. After reading your letter, my cat will stay in until the birds fly off.
C. The dealer sold the Cadillac with leather seats to the buyer.
D. The three bankers talked quietly in the corner wearing suits.
WHAT IS "C"?
( A misplaced modifier would make it sound like the buyer has leather seats.)
I am a teenager; obviously, I like hanging out with my friends.
*SENTENCE
*FRAGMENT
*RUN-ON
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
TO MAKE SOMETHING SEEM LARGER, MORE IMPORTANT, BETTER, OR WORSE.
WHAT IS EXAGGERATIVE?
WHEN EVALUATING A SOURCE, WHAT TWO THINGS DO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT?
WHAT IS RELIABILITY AND RELEVANCE?
CHOOSE THE SENTENCE THAT CORRECTLY USES ADJECTIVES.
A. The new device was the more cleverly designed bird feeder that Pat had ever owned.
B. Glenda's essay was the best of the two submitted.
C. It was the hotter summer recorded in two years.
D. The sergeant asked them if this was the best plan they could devise.
WHAT IS "D"?
( The adjective best correctly modifies the noun plan.)
Although it is snowing, still have school today.
*SENTENCE
*FRAGMENT
*RUN-ON
WHAT IS A FRAGMENT?
FIRSTHAND DOCUMENT OR PRIMARY REFERENCE WORK.
WHAT IS A SOURCE?
WHEN REFERENCING A SOURCE WITHIN THE WRITING OF YOUR PAPER, YOU PUT THIS IN PARENTHESES.
WHAT IS THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME (OR A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE SOURCE'S TITLE IN QUOTATION MARKS) AND A PAGE NUMBER?
CHOOSE THE SENTENCE THAT CORRECTLY USES ADVERBS.
A. The forest fire in Arizona was deadlier.
B. They behaved nice toward the girl with the limp.
C. The lonely hermit lived in a tar paper shack.
D. It is indeed true that the choir sings well.
WHAT IS "D"?
(Well is an adverb that tells how the choir sings.)
THERE ARE FOUR MAIN WAYS TO FIX A RUN-ON SENTENCE. NAME THREE OF THEM.
WHAT IS BREAK IT UP WITH A PERIOD, A COMMA AND A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION, A SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION, OR A SEMICOLON?