Sentence Surge
This sentence type contains one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
This coordinating conjunction shows contrast.
What is but?
This stands for Modern Language Association.
What is MLA?
This Dr. King speech repeats the phrase “I have a dream.”
What is “I Have a Dream”?
This word means distant or emotionally removed.
What is aloof?
This sentence type contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating
What is a compound sentence?
This coordinating conjunction shows cause and effect.
What is so?
This page lists all research sources used in an essay.
What is the Works Cited page?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. argued for this type of protest.
What is nonviolent protest?
This word means confused or puzzled.
What is bemused?
This sentence type contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
FANBOYS are all examples of these.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
This type of citation appears inside the essay itself.
What is a parenthetical citation?
This rhetorical appeal uses emotion.
What is pathos?
The root “bio” means this.
What is life?
This sentence type contains at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
This subordinating conjunction introduces a cause.
What is because?
This is the purpose of a thesis statement.
What is explaining the main argument or idea?
This rhetorical appeal uses logic and evidence.
What is logos?
This word means very small or lacking in amount.
What is meager?
This type of clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
This subordinating conjunction often introduces contrast.
What is although?
Copying someone else’s work without credit is called this.
What is plagiarism?
King wrote this famous letter while in jail.
What is “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
This word means showing deep dislike or disrespect.
What is contemptuous?