Writing & Grammar
Writing & Grammar
100
What are Pathos, Logos, and Ethos?
Pathos: An appeal to emotion. Logos: Giving you numerical facts. Ethos: Having a celebrity make you want to get what is being advertised.
100
What is a pronoun?
A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself.
200
What is the direct object in this sentence? I really like to eat yummy apples that are red.
apples
200
List 4 types of nouns.
Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Concrete Nouns, Abstract Nouns
300
What is the difference between a semicolon and a colon?
A colon is frequently used to introduce a list or an example. A semicolon divides two independent clauses.
300
Why is punctuation important in writing?
Without punctuation it would be very hard to understand what people are writing, because it would all seem as if it was just one word. There need to be pauses for a sentence to be understandable, and those pauses are indicated by commas, periods, etc...
400
List 4 demonstratives.
That, this, those, and these
400
What is the difference between compound and complex sentences?
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
500
Explain the differences between opinion, fact, and statistic.
Opinion: What you think; It cannot be proven. Fact: A true statement; It can be proven. Statistic: A fact or piece of data from a study of numerical data.
500
What is the difference between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions?
You can tell it's a Coordinating Conjunction when you see conjunctions like and, but, yet, or, nor, so, for. You can tell it's a Subordinating Conjunction when you see conjunctions like before, after, since, because, unless, although, etc...
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