Basic Grammar
What is a pronoun?
What is a word that represents another noun?
What is a thesis statement?
What is a sentence that sums up the central point of your paper or essay?
What writing technique uses strong, clear details?
What is descriptive Language?
Everyone in the class have finished their work.
have - has/had
what is a simile?
what is comparing two things using like or as?
What is a linking verb?
What is a verb that connects the subject to an adjective or a noun?
What is symbolism?
What is an object or idea that stands for something beyond itself.
What punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction?
What is a semicolon?
The committee, after much debate decided to postpone the meeting.
Missing comma around "after much debate".
What is a metaphor?
What is a figure of speech that compares two different things?
What is an adverb?
What is a word that describes a verb or adjective?
What do you do before you start a new paragraph in an essay?
What is to indent?
What do you call a group of words with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone?
What is a dependent clause?
I finished my homework however I didn't turn it in
Incorrect Punctuation (Needs a semicolon or period before "however")
What is personification?
what is a figure of speech that gives human attributes to nonhuman things?
What is a preposition?
A word that shows direction?
What is a counter argument in an essay?
What is an argument that presents opposing viewpoints to your thesis?
What are the components of a complete sentence?
what is capitalization, proper punctuation, and having at least ONE verb
The sign read students must sign in.
The sign read, "Students Must Sign In."
What does "foreshadowing" mean?
What is something that hints to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story?
What is an article?
What is a word that provides context for a noun?
What writing technique includes using a direct, word-for-word match in a paper along with credit to the author?
what is quotation?
What type of sentence has two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause?
What is a compound-complex sentence?
She wanted to buy the notebook; but, it was too expensive.
Incorrect semicolon & comma. (Correct way: notebook, but ....)
When the audience knows something a character does not, it is called what?
What is dramatic irony?