Grammar & Mechanics
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list or to join clauses in a compound sentence with a conjunction.
What is a comma?
This is the main argument of an essay, usually stated in a single, clear sentence.
What is a thesis statement?
This type of evidence comes directly from a text or source.
What is a direct quote?
When evaluating a source, this is one way to determine its reliability.
What is checking the author’s credibility or publication date?
This is the term for when a story or character represents a larger idea or moral.
What is allegory?
Name the grammatical error in this sentence: There students at the school over they're.
What is the first there and last they're should be switched?
These rhetorical strategies include ethos, pathos, and logos.
What are appeals?
Explain the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing.
What is paraphrasing involves restating details in your own words, while summarizing condenses main ideas?
Define the term for recognizing biases in a source or argument.
What is critical thinking?
A rose in literature often symbolizes this.
What is love or beauty?
Identify the subject-verb agreement issue: "Each of the students were given a copy of the essay rubric."
What is the verb 'were' should be 'was' to agree with 'each'?
Name the type of sentence structure issue that occurs when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
This MLA formatting rule applies to in-text citations.
What is including the author’s last name and page number in parentheses?
When an author leaves out important information or presents a one-sided argument, they are engaging in this practice.
What is bias or selective omission?
What is the difference between a symbol and an allegory?
What is a symbol represents a specific idea or concept, while an allegory is an entire story with a deeper meaning?
This technique combines two or more sentences into one, creating variety and flow in writing.
What is sentence combining?
Define the term that describes the practice of using someone else’s ideas or words without proper credit.
What is plagiarism?
Name the type of sentence that introduces evidence in a body paragraph.
What is a signal phrase or lead-in?
This type of argument uses logical reasoning to persuade the audience.
What is a deductive or inductive argument?
This famous allegory by George Orwell critiques totalitarianism through the use of animals on a farm.
What is Animal Farm?
What is the term for maintaining the same grammatical structure within a sentence?
What is parallelism?
What is the term for explaining how your evidence supports your argument in an essay?
What is analysis?
What is the purpose of a Works Cited page?
What is to list all the sources referenced in the essay?
When revising, writers should look for these two types of errors to improve clarity and correctness.
What are content errors and mechanical errors?
In The Great Gatsby, the green light is a symbol for this abstract idea.
What is hope or the American Dream?