Means that you need to supply a list of any documents or other resources you have quoted or use to create your work.
What is works cited?
100
An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
What is a run-on?
100
Is the word used for a class of person, place or thing.
(ex. car, man, bridge, and town)
What is a Common noun?
100
Something quoted: a piece of speech or writing quoted somewhere.
What is a quotation?
100
A sentence that makes a statement.
What is declarative sentence?
200
Decision based on facts: a decision made or an opinion formed after considering the relevant facts or evidence.
What is a conclusion?
200
Is a punctuation mark, that is similar in appearance to a hyphen, but it is longer and it is used differently.
What is a dash?
200
Is a word used to replace a noun.
(ex. "James" is the first choice for the post. "He" has applied for it twice already.)
What is a pronoun?
200
An old saying that has been popularly accepted as a truth; a saying often in metaphorical form that embodies a common observation. (Ex: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained.")
What is Adage?
200
A sentence with one clause: a sentence that takes the form of a single main clause with no relative or subordinate clauses.
(ex. "I read the book.")
What is a simple sentence?
300
Is a sentence or two in your text that contains the focus of your essay and tells your reader what the essay is going to be about.
What is thesis statement?
300
A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.
What is a semicolon?
300
A name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters.
(ex. Larry or Mexico)
What is a proper noun?
300
A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
What is Analecta?
300
A sentence gives a direction or a command.
What is imperative sentence
400
Give more information about the topic and or details or information that backs up an sentence.
What is supporting detail?
400
A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.
What is a comma?
400
Are nouns made up of two or more words.
(ex. mother-in-law, forget-me-not, and paper-clips)
What is a compound noun?
400
An expression or idea that has become trite. Examples: "raining cats and dogs," "the pot calling the kettle black," "that's the way the cookie crumbles."
What is Cliche?
400
A statement that shows strong emotion.
What is exclamatory sentence?
500
Paragraphs between the introduction and conclusion.
What is body paragraph?
500
An isolated, unfinished, or imcomplete part.
What is a sentence fragment?
500
Are formed for verbs. They are a type of common noun.
(ex. I love swimming."swimming" it is formed from the verb 'to swim'.)
What is a verbial noun?
500
The action of using one's fingers to make quotation marks in the air during speech; often used to express some degree of satire, sarcasm, irony, or euphemism.
What is Air quotes?
500
A sentence that asks a question.
(ex. Nicki can you clean my room?)