Effective Quotes
Quoted material should support this aspect of an essay.
Main idea, thesis, or topic sentence.
The following sentence should have this number of commas. "Marina who is president of the club was first to speak."
Two. Marina, who is president of the club, was first to speak.
Messy sentences can often be cleaned up with the FANBOYS conjunctions. Name all seven.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
A thesis usually contains these two elements.
A topic and a controlling idea.
"Let's look at some real life examples" should be corrected as...
real-life
"Dumpster diving has serious drawbacks" (383). When used in an essay, this quoted text needs what?
A signal phrase, introduction, explanation.
A comma splice occurs when this happens.
Two clauses, that could stand alone, are joined without a conjunction.
What is missing from this sentence fragment? "The old boat sitting in the lake."
A verb.
A topic sentence contains.
The main idea of a paragraph.
"The library is having it's annual fundraiser" should be corrected as...
its
Immediately after providing a quote in your paper, it's best to do what in your own words.
Provide a "translation," or explanation in the your own words.
The comma in this sentence goes where? "Determined to get the job done we worked all weekend."
Determined to get the job done, we worked all weekend.
Correct the following: "Dogs have owners, cats have staff."
Add a conjunction such as "but."
A thesis is usually found where in the essay?
At the end of the introduction.
Correct the following: "The car went over the bridge just before it fell into the water."
"The car went over the bridge just before the bridge fell into the water."
After a quoted phrase, it is necessary to reference what in parentheses?
The page number where the quote can be found.
"I like to eat eggs, bacon, and toast." What type of comma is in use here?
Serial comma.
Correct the following: "A large part of my mail is advertisements most of the rest is bills."
Most of my mail is advertisements and bills.
The answer to the question "so what?" is often found in this part of the essay.
Conclusion.
Revise the following. "CNN is broadcasting the debates. With discussions afterward."
"CNN is broadcasting the debates with discussions afterward."
Longer quotes should be formatted in this way.
Indent, and separate from the text.
Do commas at the end of quoted passage go inside or outside of the quotation marks?
Inside.
To correct a fused sentence, you could use this form of punctuation.
Semicolon
Where in the essay does the "works cited" list belong?
At the very end.
Correct the following. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Douglass asserts that literacy leads him to freedom.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave