Punctuation
Grammar
Writing
Writing II
Wild Card
100
Add this type of punctuation to separate dates and the names of cities and states.
What is a comma?
100
Sister, husband, town, milk, and bread are examples of this part of speech.
What is a noun?
100
This is designed to support the thesis statement.
What is the introductory paragraph?
100
These are the parts of a thesis statement.
What are the topic and the claim?
100
This is writing in a particular order.
What is sequencing?
200
Used to show words have been omitted.
What is ellipses?
200
Shockingly is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
200
Plagiarism is viewed as this.
What is stealing?
200
People usually start with this type of topic.
What is a general topic?
200
Dr John T. Smith is missing this type of punctuation.
What is a period?
300
This punctuation mark separates independent clauses in a compound sentence.
What is a semicolon?
300
"Its" is this type of pronoun.
What is possessive?
300
Use this to condense the main points of a writing passage.
What is paraphrase?
300
This strategy begins with the main ideas condensed to a word or phrase.
What is clustering?
300
The sentence "Tammy wondered if Bob would call later?" misuses this type of punctuation.
What is a question mark?
400
This should be done to proper nouns.
What is capitalization?
400
"Dance" is this type of verb.
What is action?
400
This part of an essay supports the points made in the thesis statement.
What are the body paragraphs?
400
One should conduct research at this stage of the writing process.
What is prewriting?
400
This form of punctuation should be used to indicate someone is talking or when retelling what a person says.
What are quotation marks?
500
This can used before listing items.
What is a colon?
500
"Was" can be a helping verb or this type of verb.
What is linking?
500
Doing this can help writers avoid plagiarism.
What is give credit to sources?
500
This should NOT be included in a thesis statement.
What are ideas that support the purpose of the essay?
500
This does not fit the criteria of a good source for a research paper.
What is popularity?
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