Commas
Logic
Potpourri
Parts of Speech
Mystery Category
100
Main Clause, Main Clause
What is a comma splice?
100
An assumption on which conclusions are based
What is a PREMISE?
100
THIS is a trick to remember what a preposition is.
What is THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SQUIRREL AND A TREE?
100
A person, place, thing, quality, emotion, or action
What are NOUNS?
100
Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence and what the BLANKITY BLANK BLANK BLANK
What is PREDICATE SAYS HE DOES?
200
The following is an example of THIS COMMA RULE: Jane, a nice lady, walked to the store.
What is COMMAS SURROUNDING NON-ESSENTIAL INFORMATION/ITEMS
200
An often unspoken assumption/value that links a reason to a conclusion
What is a WARRANT?
200
THESE are 4 out of the 5 ways to fix a comma splice?
What are Coordinate conjunction, semicolon + conjunctive adverb, subordinate conjunction, period, semicolon
200
These take the place of nouns: he, she, it, that
What are PRONOUNS?
200
In THIS logical fallacy, a person misleads or detracts from the actual issue/argument
What is the RED HERRING FALLACY?
300
When THIS kind of clause begins a sentence, you follow it with a comma.
What is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE?
300
In deductive reasoning, an argument is THIS if the premises must lead to the conclusion
What is VALID?
300
THIS is the correct version of this sentence: "I love cats, however I also love dogs.
What is I LOVE CATS; HOWEVER, I ALSO LOVE DOGS?
300
THESE indicate relationships among ideas in a sentence
What are PREPOSITIONS?
300
Allegory, litote, juxtaposition, and symbolism are all type of THESE
What are ALTERNATIVE RHETORICAL DEVICES?
400
In a list, IT'S the last comma before the second to last item.
What is the OXFORD COMMA?
400
In deductive reasoning, an argument is THIS if both the premises are true and the argument is valid
What is SOUND?
400
THESE are like templates, with general rules for audience, format, or content
What are GENRES?
400
THESE describe verbs, adjectives, and other THESE
What are ADVERBS?
400
In THIS type of reasoning/logic, an arguer moves from specific instances to a general conclusion
What is INDUCTIVE REASONING?
500
THIS comma rule, as shown in the example: The soft, cute cat purred.
What is a COMMA SEPARATES 2 COORDINATE ADJECTIVES?
500
Strength and cogency are vocabulary used to evaluate THIS KIND OF LOGIC/REASONING
What is INDUCTIVE REASONING?
500
These type of conjunctions begin dependent clauses
What are SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS?
500
This acronym (name what each letter stands for) helps you remember coordinating conjunctions
What is FANBOYS? (For And Nor But Or Yet So)
500
In this type of logical fallacy, a person argues not with the opponents real argument, but with a superficial, warped version of a similar argument
What is the STRAW FIGURE FALLACY?
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