Quotes
This author wrote "It's as if a wounded Doberman Pincher or a German Shepard has gained the power of speech."
Who is Claudia Rankine?
This punctuation mark ends a sentence.
What is a period?
This style of sentence contains one subject and one verb and is usually short.
What is a simple sentence?
This word means to bring something to a standard or normal state often through adjustment.
What is Normalize?
This is when the writer uses "you" instead of "I"
What is second person?
This author wrote "I begged them not to leave me alone, not to go to the bathroom, not to go outside for a cigarette without me."
Who is Scaachi Koul?
This punctuation mark indicates a brief pause but does not break the flow of reading.
What is a comma?
These words function as a glue holding two clauses together. They are often accompanied by a comma.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
This is the art of re-seeing your writing and making changes to a draft.
What is revision?
This punctuation mark is represented by three periods in a row.
What is an ellipses?
This author wrote,"Encountering such images, one is grateful to be spared. But is one every really free of the fate of others?"
Who is Susan Griffin?
This punctuation mark indicates words spoken by the actor in the sentence.
What are quotations?
These clauses cannot function in a sentence by themselves.
What is a dependent clause?
This word used by Susan Griffin means belonging to a time period other than the one being portrayed.
What is anachronistic?
This group activity involves reading, reviewing, and editing other people's writing.
What is a workshop?
Who is Alison Bechdel?
This punctuation mark indicates a pause in the reading but does not end a sentence.
What is a semicolon?
These phrases often contain only a subject or a verb but never both. They can also be one word long.
What is a fragment?
This word is used at the beginning of "Beside Oneself" and indicates that humans are the center of the universe.
What is anthropocentrism?
Alison Bechdel mentions these two female authors who both killed themselves.
Who are Plath and Woolf?
This author wrote, "It's not okay to hit the girl you like. And it's not okay to hit the girl you love."
Who is Aubrey Hirsch?
This punctuation mark is extremely versatile and indicates a shift in the sentence.
What is a dash?
This type of sentence contains a coordinating conjunction and may also contain a comma.
What is a compound sentence?
This word from "Citizen" means impossible to stop.
What is inexorable?
This punctuation mark is often followed by a list but can also be followed by an independent clause.
What is a colon?