Grammar
It is the mayor who gets elected.
The mayor gets elected.
Pinch is to pain
Cause: Pinch Effect: Pain
What does it mean to be literate?
Being literate means not only having the ability to read and write but actually being able to comprehend what you read and write.
hen two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice.
True
There are many people who think the book is great.
Many people think the book is great
Alex got an A on his Spanish test because he studied hard over the weekend.
BECAUSE he studied hard over the weekend.
What is a sponsor of Literacy?
"any agent, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy..."
I was hungry there was nothing to eat.
Run-On
After a long battle, the end result was the loss of many lives.
After a long battle, the result was the loss of many lives.
Jason got grounded after he came home three hours late.
Jason got grounded
What does recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold mean in terms of literacy sponsors?
Sponsors can negatively impact our literacy development/hinder.
A punctuation mark used to separate 2 ideas.
Comma
At this point in time, we are playing some football.
We are playing football now.
He got checked out of school early since he had a dentist appointment.
Cause: he had a dentist appointment Effect: he got checked out of school early
List 3 of Malcolm X's sponsors of Literacy
I am tired I have to get up.
I am tired, but I have to get up.
He wrote a controversial paper for his ethics class. The paper that he wrote was about the issue of legalizing abortion.
He wrote a controversial paper about legalizing abortion for his ethics class.
Convict is to punishment as acquit is to _____? a. acquire b. incarceration c. freedom d. jail
c. freedom
How did Muhammad impact his X's life?
Is this a comma splice? I was excited, so I expressed it.
False