Definitions
Making sentences
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What does "categorize" mean

  • To label as belonging to a particular type or class.

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Use "categorize" in a sentence

  • Her philosophy is difficult to categorize.

  • The poems in this book have been categorized into different sections by topic.

100

What is a "bullet point" used for?

To list several items in a list, preceded by a bullet symbol for emphasis.

100

What are quotation marks " " used for

  • punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quotation, direct speech or a literal title or name.

100

Give an example of an abbreviation

Example: Government = govt.

As soon as possible = ASAP

Date of Birth = DOB )

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What does "embraces" mean?

Covers, includes

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Make a sentence using comprised

Examples:

  • Each army division comprised of 4,500 troops. 

  • The play comprised of three acts.

  • My class is comprised of four women.

  • 70% of the landmass is comprised of mountain ranges



200

What is a font size?

  • the measurement of the height of characters in a typeface


Example: twelve point font


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What areblock capitals?

  • a style of writing in which each letter of a word is written separately and clearly using the capital letters of the alphabet

200

Give an example of an acronym

Example: NASA

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What does "subsumed" mean?

Brought together, united


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Make a sentence using "embraces"

Examples: 

  • The book embraces a lot of topics.

  • The professor embraced controversial ideas in the classroom.

300

What is a type face?

A typeface (or font family) is a design of letters, numbers and other symbols

300

What is lower case?

  • small letters as opposed to capital letters 

300

What is an abbreviation?

a shortened form of a word or phrase.

400

What does "comprised of" mean

Made up of, consists of, contains

400

Make your own example using "subsumed"

Examples:

  • Soldiers from many different countries have been subsumed into the United Nations peace-keeping force. 

  • All the data has been subsumed under the general heading "Facts and Figures."



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What are inverted commas?

punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends.

400

What is Touch Typing

  • a technique that creates a structure where you have to place different fingers on specific areas on your keyboard. You are using all your 10 fingers, and each one is in charge of a section or a column on the keyboard.

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What are the properties of an initialism?

Initialism: an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as separate letters

500

What are square brackets used for?

  • often used to insert explanatory material or to mark where a [word or] passage was omitted from an original material by someone other than the original author, or to mark modifications in quotations.

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What is a Chapter Heading

  • printed matter (as the chapter number or title, quotations, illustrations, or decorative letters) preceding the text at the beginning of a chapter.

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What are the properties of an acronym?

Acronym:a n abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

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