Abbreviations
Commas
Colons/Semi-colons
Italics/Quotations
Paragraph Structure
100
This is the word that should be abbreviated in the name "Dr Hope Morgan"
What is Dr.
100
This is where the commas go in the following sentence: Rita plays the piano writes songs and sings a choir.
What is after piano and after songs
100
This is where the semi-colon should replace the comma in the following sentence: The picnic is scheduled for this Saturday, however, if it rains, it will be postponed.
What is after Saturday
100
Italics or Quotations: This is a book by John Steinbeck titled Of Mice and Men
What is italics
100
This is what the opening sentence to a paragraph is called
What is topic sentence
200
What words should be abbreviated in this phrase: Mr Luther F Rogers, Jr
What is Mr. F. Jr.
200
This is where the comma should go in the following sentence: The play received a poor review yet it was a success.
What is after review
200
This is where the colon should be placed in the following sentence: Please stop at the store and bring home these items eggs, milk, bread, and orange juice.
What is after items
200
Italics or Quotations: This is a short story by Shirley Jackson titled The Lottery
What is quotations
200
This is what makes up the majority or a paragraph (the middle section)
What is examples/evidence/support
300
What words should be abbreviated in this address: 8991 West County Road 450 North
What is W. Co. Rd. N.
300
This is where the comma goes in the following sentence: Before we go to the park let's have a snack.
What is after park
300
This is where a colon would go in the following sentence: I read a great book called "Gaviotas A Village to Reinvent the World."
What is after Gaviotas
300
Italics or quotations: the first episode (The Pilot) of Scrubs
What is quotations
300
This is the point of the concluding statement in a paragraph
What is restate the important parts of the paragraph and transition into the next paragraph
400
This is the correct abbreviation of this phrase: University of California at Los Angeles
What is UCLA
400
This is where the comma/commas goes in the following sentence: The cheerleading squad not the football players will greet the visitors.
What is after squad and players
400
These are two examples of times to use colons
What is before a list, before a long formal statement or quotation, between independent clauses where the second clause explains first idea, in time, in bible verses, the salutation of a business letter
400
Italics or Quotations: The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
What is Italics
400
This is the order of a well organized paragraph
What is topic sentence, details/examples, concluding sentence
500
What are two examples of correct abbreviation
What is What is some names (social titles, military titles, initials, academic degrees), acronyms
500
This is where the comma/commas go in the following sentence: Dr.Laker who drives a yellow van is his advisor.
What is after Laker and van
500
These are two examples of times to use semi-colons
What is between independent clauses that are closely related in meaning, independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression, independent clauses that contain commas, between items in a series if the items contain commas
500
The quotes would go in these places in the following sentence: I would like to welcome, said Mr. Kula, our guest speaker.
What is "I would like to welcome," said Mr. Kula, "our guest speaker."
500
This would be an example of a strong topic sentence
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