Definition
continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
Persistent
She ran from the police
What is this sentence missing?
Period.
She patiently waited for his number to be called. She had no desire to be there, but her mom had insisted that she go. She's resisted at first, but over time she realized it was simply easier to appease her and go. Mom tended to be that way. She would keep insisting until you wore down and did what she wanted. So, here she sat, patiently waiting for her number to be called.
What is the main idea?
A. A girl had to call someone, despite her disdain to
B. Despite her initial wishes, her mother whittled her down and convinced her to call someone.
B
I lived in Paris ______________ 2012
Untill Until
Until
firmness of purpose; resoluteness
Determination
She followed the trail becoming more suspicious as she went.
What is this sentence missing?
A comma
I recollect that my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes.
What is the main idea?
A. Someone's first-time squirrel shooting
B. At noon someone shot their gun at a squirrel
A
It's cold in winter, but in spring the ______________ is beautiful.
Weather Wether
Weather
a series of comic strips published online.
Webcomic
She came upon the body, her body quivering in fear.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Used body too much
I guess we could discuss the implications of the phrase "meant to be." That is if we wanted to drown ourselves in a sea of backwardly referential semantics and other mumbo-jumbo. Maybe such a discussion would result in the determination that "meant to be" is exactly as meaningless a phrase as it seems to be, and that none of us is actually meant to be doing anything at all. But that's my existential underpants underpinnings showing. It's the way the cookie crumbles. And now I want a cookie.
What is the main idea?
A. That the author is hungry
B. What is meant to be
C. The Author is having an existential crisis
D. The phrase meant to be is useless mumbo jumbo.
D
Why are you crying? What ______________ ?
Happened happend
Happened
a soft and delicate shade of a color
Pastel
What is the difference between fewer and less?
Can you count the items? Use fewer. Otherwise, use less!
How do you determine the main idea of a passage?
The first or last sentence
Are you a _____!?
Wich Witch
Witch
extraordinarily good; wonderful.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
How does affect differ from effect?
Affect is a verb that means to influence, effect is a noun that means a result.
What is a topic?
a matter dealt with in a text
Gay = _____
Homosexual Bisexual Heterosexual
Homosexual