Neither Jamie nor her brothers (know, knows) who broke the lamp in the living room.
What is know?
100
I find that playing chess is tough on (my, its) nerves.
What is my?
100
Always eager for cake, the birthday party was attended by everyone.
What is "Always eager for cake, everyone attended the birthday party"?
100
SOAPSTone
What is Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone?
100
DM/MM: Expecting confusion, our plans were made.
What is a dangling modifier ("Expecting confusion, we made our plans")?
200
The book, including all the chapters in the first section (is, are) boring.
What is is?
200
Everybody will receive (his, their) scores in the mail.
What is his?
200
After painting all day, the bright new watercolor was drying in the sunshine.
What is "After we painted all day, the bright new watercolor was drying in the sunshine." ?
200
DIDLS
What is Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, and Syntax?
200
Rhetorical Appeals
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
300
Everybody (eat, eats) at In and Out.
What is eats?
300
Has anyone lost (her, their) jacket?
What is her?
300
Forgetting that the microphone was on, the whole audience heard the singer's fight with his wife.
What is "The whole audience heard the singer's fight with his wife when he forgot the microphone was on."?
300
Three things you should NOT do in a rhetorical analysis.
What is use the words "easy to read," tell the reader the essay was "well-written," use complex jargon, use diction or tone without an adjective, reference the author by first name only...
300
The contents of a conclusion paragraph in a rhetorical analysis.
What is a discussion of the effectiveness of the language in an article at conveying the message of the author?
400
Highest hit by the high temperatures and the drought (was, were) the farmers.
What is were?
400
We may disagree at times, but there are never hard feelings between (we, us) two.
What is us?
400
I showed my dog to the veterinarian with the fleas.
What is "I showed my dog with the fleas to the veterinarian."?
400
The difference between connotation and denotation.
What is connotation is the cultural, emotional, and understood meaning of a word, whereas denotation is the dictionary definition of a word?
400
DM/MM: I almost saw the whole movie, but I fell asleep around midnight.
What is misplaced modifier: "I saw almost the whole movie, but I fell asleep around midnight."
500
A number of students (is, are) missing today.
What is are?
500
It was the first ski trip (he, him) and (I, me) had taken.
What is he and I?
500
Planting vegetables, her knees got dirty.
What is "After Sally planted vegetables, her knees got dirty."?
500
The contents and definitions of the rhetorical body paragraph.
What is an assertion (an insightful statement about how the author conveys his/her message to an audience), textual evidence (quotations or paraphrases of words or phrases from the text), and analysis (discussion of WHY the author used these words/phrases and HOW they function in the text)?
500
Look at the blue frosting under Wendy's nail! It was (she/her) who dragged her finger across Granny's birthday cake!