What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?
Mom left the money jar under the sofa.
What is under the sofa?
100
What is best strategy for locating answers quickly in text?
skimming/scanning
100
What mode of writing would you do if you see key words such as: explain or tell about?
expository writing
100
What is an imperative sentence?
command
100
Name three types of text structure.
problem/solution
cause/effect
compare/contrast
200
Which sentence contains correct pronoun/antecedent agreement?
She must carry their own bags at the airport.
The football team celebrated its victory.
The football team celebrated its victory.
200
What graphic organizer would be best for organizing a research paper on the effects of smoking?
Venn diagram
formal outline
web
formal outline
200
What do you brainstorm when you are writing a persuasive essay?
pros and cons
200
What type of sentence error is shown below?
Heavy rain fell throughout the night, by morning every major road was flooded.
comma splice
200
What does the affix "im" mean when used with the word impatient?
not
300
What is the predicate nominative in the following sentence?
George Washington was elected the first president of the United States.
president
300
What of the following is an opinion?
Decomposers break down food.
Producers make food.
Consumers are always important.
Consumers are always important.
300
What is the correct organization for an introductory paragraph?
hook, sentences linking hook to thesis, thesis/topic sentence, big idea statement.
300
What are three ways to correct a comma splice?
1. semi-colon
2. period and capitalize
3. add a comma and coordinating conjunction
300
What point of view would an author use if he wants you to get to know all the characters in a story?
third person omniscient
400
What is the part of the sentence in parentheses below?
The damage was devastating (after a tornado touched down in Dallas yesterday.)
dependent clause
400
The phrase, don't bite off more than you can chew is an example of what type of figurative language?
Idiom
400
What are three types of strong leads or hooks?
fragment
bold statement
quote
400
What kind of sentence is the following?
Although I enjoy going camping, I haven't had time to go, so I have stayed home.
compound-complex
400
Issues that are related to a community are called ___.
social issues
500
Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?
Each of the students is responsible for turning in their library book.
Each of the students are responsible for turning in their library book.
Each of the students is responsible for tuning in their book.
500
What is the part of a fictional story that is also called the turning point?
climax
500
What point of view is used when you see the following pronouns: I, me, mine, my, we, us?
first person
500
Invert the following sentence.
The haunted house sits down the dark path.
Down the dark path sits the haunted house.
500
Which word has a suffix ending?
away; peaceful, lamplight, dollar