This format should never be used in a thesis statement.
What is a question?
100
This is the acceptable ink color.
What are either blue or black?
100
You can use this in personal narratives and personal opinion persuasive essays ONLY.
What is First Person?
100
"The dog bit the boy." (Active or Passive Voice)
What is Active Voice?
100
They're; their, there
What are "they are"; a possessive pronoun, and a demonstrative pronoun, showing where?
200
Your thesis should be introduced with these words:
What are subordinate conjunctions?
200
(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 20 -21).
What is the incorrect parenthetical documentation format.
Correct: (2.3.20-21).
**As long as the reader knows which specific text you're working from.
200
very, a lot, just, this quote, this paper ...
What are some words or phrases that cannot be used in writing?
200
The title of the Marvin Gaye song “I Heard It through the Grapevine" is an example of
What is Active Voice?
200
This separates an introductory phrase, clause, or interjection from the subject of a sentence.
What is a comma?
300
Families with one child and families with many children share some similarities but also some differences.
What is a bad thesis statement?
It does not: answer the question; take a stand, or give the opinion of the writer.
300
This is the correct heading format.
What is your name, teacher's name, period / class, and date?
300
This must make a direct link to your thesis statement.
What is a topic sentence (claim)?
300
The subject of your sentence isn't performing the action then your verb is in this form.
What is passive voice?
Ex.: "The pen is being held by me."
300
Subordinate conjunctions like "because" and "although" do NOT require commas here.
What is the middle of a sentence?
400
Every one of these in your essay should relate to the thesis statement.
What is a topic sentence? (claim)
400
If you don't use this, you risk accusations of this.
What is parenthetical documentation & plagarism.
400
To warrant your data, you must these things.
What are "HOW" or "WHY"?
400
"The store was robbed" is an instance when this is true.
What is when passive voice is acceptable because we don't know who the robber was.
400
Romeo spend a lot of time whining and crying about Rosaline, both Benvolio and Romeo's parents want to help.
What is a comma splice?
500
High school graduates have more success than dropouts because they learn valuable skills in school that dropouts do not experience.
What is a good thesis statement?
**Because it summarizes your argument—you are going to argue that certain skills are learned in high school and that dropouts need those skills.
This example would be weak because it does not specifically address your argument:
High school graduates have more success than dropouts.
500
Text support and paraphrasing act as this:
What is data?
500
Each body paragraph must follow this format:
What are claim, data, warrant?
500
Politicians intentionally use passive voice for this reason.
What is obscurity?
Ex.: "Mistakes were made." Ronald Reagan
500
There are three ways to "fix" a comma splice.
What are 1. a comma and a FANBOYS; 2. end punctuation; and 3. a semicolon