Commas
True or false: Commas are used to list items in a sentence?
True
True or false: All proper nouns have capital letters
True- proper nouns are names of people, places and things.
Give an example of emotive language
Infuriating
What does a semi colon look like?
After the conjunction
Fix the sentence:
mrs sullivan liked to read.
Mrs Sullivan liked to read.
Why would we use statistic in a piece of formal writing?
To back up claims and ideas being discussed and to make your conclusions reliable.
True or False:
A colon connects two dependent clauses and means as follows or thus in a sentence.
False
A colon connects two INdependent clauses and means as follows or thus in a sentence.
Add commas to the following sentence:
At the beginning of the lesson we did grammar.
At the beginning of the lesson, we did grammar.
Do time periods get capitalized? Eg middle ages?
yes they do
Why would you use a rhetorical question?
to persuade someone to see something from your point of view
Where would you put the colon in this sentence?
In the great words of Margaret Atwood "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."
In the great words of Margaret Atwood: "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."
How would we add non essential clauses into a sentence?
By putting a comma before and after the non essential clause in the sentence.
Which one of these words should NOT be capitalized?
America, Maori, Thailand, Monday, Summer
How and why would you use repetition in your writing?
By repeating your main ideas in different ways to emphasize them and create interest in your writing.
What word in the sentence could you replace with a semi colon?
We can go to the museum to do some research as Mondays are pretty quiet there
as- a conjunction separating two independent clauses can be replaced with a semi colon
Write an example on the board of how a comma would be used when addressing someone directly.
Eg. Don't touch that, Jessica!
When writing the following quote, which words should be capitalized?
"the republic of gilead, said aunt lydia, knows no bounds. gilead is within you."
"The Republic of Gilead, said Aunt Lydia, knows no bounds. Gilead is within you."
What is satire and how could you use it in your formal writing?
Satire is humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize something. It is a great way to make your writing entertaining and to get the audience to think more deeply about the issues or ideas that you are presenting.
Why would the semi colon be used before the word moreover?
I’m not all that fond of the colors of tiger lilies; moreover, they don’t smell very good.
Moreover is a conjunctive adverb that is joining two independent clauses. This is one of the rules for using a semi colon.