Orthography
What part does 'bio' play in the word 'biography'?
The prefix of the word
What type of sentence is this:
I like cookies.
Declarative
How could you use a comma to combine these two sentences?
I like to bake cookies.
Baking is a hobby I enjoy.
Baking is a hobby I enjoy, mostly I like to bake cookies.
Give an example of an intangible noun
Ex: Philosophy, Justice, Anger, etc.
A tangible noun is a concrete thing (Ex: bus, bike, phone). An intangible noun is an abstract thing.
What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?
A hyphen is shorter and has no spaces around it. A hyphens purpose is to glue words together. A dash is longer and has a space before and after. Dashes indicate added emphasis, an interruption, or an abrupt change of thought.
What does 'graph' mean in the word 'autobiography'?
Graph = write
What type of sentence is this:
Cookies are the best thing in the world!
Exclamative
Where would the commas go in this complex sentence?
Even though I love to bake cookies I do my best to regulate the number I eat because I know I have a sugar addiction.
Trick question! It needs no commas! These are connected with a subordinating conjunction. (because)
Even though I love to bake cookies I do my best to regulate the number I eat because I know I have a sugar addiction.
Identify all the adjectives in this sentence:
The young man never seen such a harsh, boring, yet beautiful and magical landscape.
young, harsh, boring, beautiful, magical
What would you do if referring to the title of a poem in writing?
Put it in quotation marks.
It makes a verb into an adverb.
What type of sentence is this:
Go get me a cookie.
Command or Imperative
Where would the comma go:
Miles said "let's go get a snack and share it together."
Commas always separate dialogue.
Miles said, "let's go get a snack and share it together."
What are the three things an adverb can describe?
Manner: quickly, happily, silently
Frequency: always, sometimes, often
Time and Place: now, later, here
What is an ellipsis and when can it be used?
Three dots
It can be used to omit a word phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage.
What is the morphology of the word 'boyishness'?
'boy' - gender
'ish' - somewhat
'ness' - quality or state
Which part is the dependent clause:
When the cookies are brown, take them out of the oven.
Take them out of the oven.
The dependent clause can stand on its own.
What would go in the blank:
Cookies are a fantastic snack__they are easy to grab and go.
A colon because they are two independent clauses that are not directly related or consequential of one another.
What are comparative and superlative adverbs or adjectives?
If we compare two actions (verbs), we use the comparative form. If we compare three or more actions we use the superlative form.
Ex: hard, harder, hardest
quietly, more quietly, most quietly
Name all the morphemes in: inaccessibility
in- access -ibil -ity
What is etymology?
Where a word comes from. Ex: Camera, comes from the latin word camera meaning "A vault, vaulted room"
What are the four types of sentence structure?
Simple: Cookies taste delicious. [One independent clause]
Compound: I can always go for a cookie, they give me great joy and satisfaction. [Two independent clauses]
Complex: Cookies are best when filled with chocolate, especially when it's still gooey and warm. [One independent, at least one dependent]
Compound-Complex: Cookies are delicious dipped in milk, if the milk is cold, because the cool milk balances out the warm chocolate. [At least two independent, at least one dependent]
Where does the apostrophe go to show that the cookies belong to Ari?
These are Aris cookies.
What about the cookies that belong to Miles?
What is a correlative conjunction?
They connect two equal grammatical items. If, for example, a noun follows either, then a noun will also follow or.
Ex: either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also
Who invented the chocolate chip cookie?
Ruth Graves Wakefield, 1938 at the Toll House Inn