Writing
The main idea of a larger piece of work, found in the Introduction paragraph
What is the Thesis Statement?
This sentence is an example of this grammatical error:
Because I went to the store.
What is a Sentence Fragment?
Begged urgently, beseeched, tried to persuade.
What is Implored?
The protagonist of the story
Who is Cheryl?
A strategy for taking notes while reading
What is Annotation?
The first sentence of a paragraph that states the main idea of the paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
Inserting a period or comma with a conjunction is a way to fix this grammatical error.
What is a run-on sentence?
Evenness of mind under stress
What is Equanimity?
She went to college with Cheryl before getting sick.
Who is Mom?
To restate something in your own words
a detail that supports and proves the main idea of the paragraph
What is a major detail?
A _____ occurs when two independent clauses are joined with a comma, instead of a period.
What is a comma splice?
Intense action without thought, emotional reaction
What is Impetuous?
The younger brother who can't face his mom's death
Who is Leif?
Studying a text and finding important parts
What is Active Reading?
What is a Transition?
This is the correct verb for this sentence:
Neither Jack nor his sisters (like, likes) romantic comedies.
What is "like"?
Serving as an indication of
What is Denotation?
He built the house in the countryside and is hardworking
Who is Eddie?
Covering the main points succinctly
What is Summary?
A form of prewriting that involves organizing main points using Roman numerals and bullet points
What is an outline?
This would be the correct tense of this irregular verb:
The student has wrote his paper.
What is "written"?
A phrase–unique to a certain language–that has become cliche; Idiotic when translated
What is an Idiom ?
The name given to the burden Cheryl must carry on the PCT
Familiarizing yourself with a passage before reading
What is Previewing?