Spell check cannot distinguish between homophones. Choose one: Principal / principle means a person in charge of a school.
What is principal?
100
Correct or Incorrect: This wednesday I will meet all the teachers at Oak Ridge high school.
What is incorrect?
100
How would you consider editing the word policeman in a sentence?
What is eliminate sexist language and change it to police officer?
100
Pumping air between the fowl's flesh & skin is the first step to making this elaborate "capital" dish
What is Peking Duck?
200
Rich in vitamin A and cultivated in ancient times by the Aztecs, these edibles are part of the morning glory family
What are sweet potatoes?
200
Spell check cannot distinguish between homophones. Affect / effect is a noun that means the result of something, not a verb that means to influence.
What is effect?
200
The name of this crunchy candy means it breaks easily but cleanly
What is brittle?
200
Is the following correct: My friends took there books home.
What is NO?
200
____________ are words that make sure the paper flows well.
What are transitions?
300
Collecting information to include in a research paper takes place during the ________ stage of the writing process.
What is during the planning stage?
300
It's the rhyming name of the Chinese equivalent of ravioli
What is won ton?
300
___________ would be a better choice in a sentence containing the phrase "handicapped people."
What is disabled?
300
Make sure you remove the thorns before eating nopales, the leaves of the prickly pear type of this
What is a cactus?
300
It's the 4-letter Japanese name for paper-thin dried seaweed, used for wrapping sushi
What is nori?
400
"Flashdance" composer Giorgio Moroder suggested that this chef call his restaurant Spago
Who is Wolfgang Puck?
400
Academic writing should not contain slang, first-person pronouns and _______________.
What is jargon?
400
In Microsoft Word spell check, the green wavy line represents _____________.
What is a grammatical error?
400
_____________ is defined as improving a draft by addressing substantial changes involving additions, deletions, reorganization, and rewriting passages.
What is revision?
400
When should a writer proofread his or her paper?
What is as the very last task?
500
__________ is the stage of writing during which the writer should examine words, phrases, and sentences for clarity.
What is editing?
500
Australian chefs make soup from the long, muscular tail of this big animal
What is kangaroo?
500
In revision, the writer should check to see that the thesis statement states the main idea, that it contains both subject and claim, and that is it placed ___________.
What is at the end of the introductory paragraph?
500
What should you do with a paragraph that is unrelated to the rest of the essay?
What is delete it?
500
True or False: Proofreading and peer review are never helpful.