Essays
Testing Tips
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
Sentences
100
The small finger-size space put at the beginning of the first line in a paragraph.
What is indent?
100
Get plenty of this the night before you take a test.
What is a good night's sleep?
100
This is the who or what a sentence is about.
Subject (noun)
100
What punctuation is missing? Nick thought the elephants were amazing but Jose liked the lions better.
What is a comma?
100
This is a sentence with only one subject and one predicate that creates a complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
200
A personal mini story used to support a reason.
What is an anecdote?
200
Make sure you do this before answering the questions?
Read and reread the text. Eliminate your answer choices.
200
This is the action in the sentence that explains what the noun is doing.
What is a verb?
200
This punctuation is used to separate the actual words of a speaker from the tagline.
What is a comma?
200
This is a sentence that has a FANBOY.
What is a compound sentence?
300
The last thoughts that the writer includes in an essay that restate their topic.
What is a conclusion?
300
After you know your topic, you will need to begin with this step.
What is planning?
300
This is the tense that shows something has already happened.
What is past tense (-ed)?
300
This punctuation is used around exact words of a speaker in a sentence.
What are quotation marks?
300
This is when a sentence has two verbs.
What is a compound predicate?
400
The statement in the introduction of a paper that includes the topic and the reasons.
What is a thesis/central idea?
400
This is something you must do after you have finished with your plan.
What is flash drafting?
400
These words are often confused with each other because they have the same sound, but are spelled differently. Example: two, too, to
Homophones
400
This punctuation is used to separate two sentences that have been put together.
What is a period?
400
This is a piece of a sentence or when a sentence is missing one part.
What is a fragment?
500
The type of writing that gives a claim and provides reasons to support your claim.
What is expository?
500
You must do this when you are finished writing on the lined paper on the test.
What is reread and proofread your final draft for any mistakes?
500
These words and phrases are used in a sentence to add details.
What is a preposition or prepositional phrase?
500
This punctuation is used when you need to show emotion.
What is an exclamation?
500
This is when two sentences that are not related are put together to create one long sentence.
What is a run-on?
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