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Vocabulary
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Student Success
100
How many DGV events does a degree seeking student need to participate in before they can graduate?
4 online and 4 in person
100
Jump, run, and swing are examples of what part of speech?
What is a Verb
100
In the following sentence, what does the word morose mean? Although the patient is usually morose, she seems happy today.
What is Sad
100
What is the main idea of the following paragraph: In the early 1920's, settlers came to Alaska looking for gold. They traveled by boat to the coastal towns of Seward and Knik, and from there by land into the gold fields. The trail they used to travel inland is known today as the Iditarod Trail, one of the National Historic Trails designated by the Congress of the United States.
What is In the early 1920's, settlers came to Alaska looking for gold.
100
What are the three major learning styles?
What are visual, auditory, and Kinesthetic.
200
Where on the MVCC website would you go to check your Mid-term and Final grades?
What is SIRS
200
Beside, on, and at are examples of what part of speech?
What is a Preposition
200
In the following sentence, what does the word laggard mean? She usually is laggard; however, today she was energetic and did her share.
What is Sluggish or Lazy
200
What is the topic of the following paragraph: Xandersol, a new, potentially lethal drug, is being blamed for numerous illnesses and the deaths of six Anchorstown residents. According to water and sewer authority officials, the drug has somehow found its way into the city water system, resulting in the contamination of household drinking water for thousands of local residents.
What is Xandersol is a lethal drug.
200
Find one of the two errors in the following passage: Gandhi and his followers knew that nonviolent protests could lead to imprisonment and even death, but they remained loyal to the independence movement until great Britain granted the independance of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Great (Great Britian), Independance (Independance if India and Pakistan)
300
On the Rome Campus where do you go for financial questions, advisement, and signing up for DGV events?
What is The Student Services Office Room A-30.
300
In the following scentence, what is the noun? That is a great idea!
What is idea.
300
If trans means across. What does transatlantic mean?
What is Across the Atlantic Ocean
300
Owls also have very good hearing. Even when owls are in the trees, they can hear small animals moving in the grass below. This helps owls catch their prey even when it is very dark. If the main idea is that owls have good hearing. What is a supporting detail from the paragraph above?
What is they can hear small animals moving in the grass below.
300
Find all of the three errors in the following passage: an epic is a long narrative poem or story about a hero who belongs to a noble or royal family. In many epics, there is someting supernatural or magical about the hero's birth and death?
An (Beginning of scentence), something (misspelled), . (should not end in ?)
400
How do you earn class participation?
You must actively participate in relevant classroom discussions and work.
400
Name all of the adjectives in the following scentence: Unfortunately, Andy burnt his left hand on the hot stove when he pulled the delicious cookies out.
Left, hot, delicious
400
If poly means many, what does polyphonous mean?
What is Many sounds
400
The paragraph below is an example of what kind of writing pattern? Christmas is my favorite holiday. My grandmother makes ham, salad, and cupcakes on Christmas. I also get a present on Christmas! Last year I got a new set of paint brushes. This year I hope to get new pencils and a drawing pad. I always have fun on Christmas.
What is Narration.
400
Fix the paragraph below: I miss my cousin Shelly. When we were young she lived next door and we would play all the time. Now, my cousin in Virginia. We still talk all the time on the phone, but it's not the same.
Now, my cousin in Virginia. - is a sentence fragment. Should read : Now, my cousin lives (or is) in Virginia.
500
How should an email to an instructor be constructed?
Relevant Subject line, approriate heading and closing to the letter.
500
Ouch, Gross, and Whoa are examples of what part of speech?
What is an interjection.
500
What tool do you use to find synonyms when writing a paper?
What is a Thesaurus
500
The paragraph below is an example of what kind of writing pattern? The patients wandered aimlessly about, mumbling incoherently. Violent ones were wrapped in wet sheets with their arms pinned, or they wore straightjackets. Attendants, in danger of assualt, peered at their charges through screens. The floor lay bare, because rugs would have quickly been soiled with excrement. The large mental institution of thrity years ago was a madhouse. BONUS: What is the Main Idea?
What is a Description. BONUS: The large mental institution of thrity years ago was a madhouse.
500
What does the goal setting acronym D.A.P.P.S. stand for?
What is Date, Achievable, Personal, Positive, Specific.
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