ENGL 0330

Grammar

100

Two independent clauses joined together with only a comma

What is a comma splice?

200

A group of words, phrase, or dependent clause 

What is a fragment?

300

Two or more independent clauses joined together without any punctuation

What is wrong word choice?

400

When the number of the verb matches the number of the subject

What is subject-verb agreement?

500

When the number, gender, and person of a pronoun match the number, gender, and person of its antecedent

What is noun-pronoun agreement?

Reading Comprehension

100

Subject, type, role, audience, and purpose

What is STRAP?

200

Survey, question, read, recite, review

What is SQ3R?

300

What you know, what you want to know, what you learned

What is KML?

400

A logical conclusion based on background knowledge and textual clues

What is an inference?

500

Page flippers, appear to be reading, but the words bounce off and are not absorbed or remembered

What are passive readers?

Miscellany

100

What is the average lifespan of a major league baseball?

a. 7 pitches

b. 7 innings

c. 7 games

a. 7 pitches

200

At any given time, how many thunderstorms are in progress all over the globe?

a. 18

b. 180

c. 1,800

c. 1,800

300

Are you more likely to be struck by lightning or infected by flesh-eating bacteria?

flesh-eating bacteria

400

How fast does a sneeze travel out of your mouth?

a. 10 m.p.h.

b. 100 m.p.h.

c. speed of sound

b. 100 m.p.h.

500

Where is a shrimp's heart?

a. in its head

b. in its chest

c. in its tail

a. in its head

Vocabulary

100

to sharpen or improve

What is hone?

200

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

What is banal?

300

to cause or give rise to; to create

What is to engender?

400

showing perception, having street smarts

What is savvy?

500

of or pertaining to money

What is pecuniary?

Writing

100

Clearly states your opinion about a topic in one clear sentence

What is a thesis statement?

200

A short written composition on one subject that expresses the views of the writer

What is an essay?

300

a brief account of the main points of a work of literature

What is a summary?

400

Use of the same pattern of words for related ideas of the same importance

What is parallelism?

500

•Be typed on white 8.5“ x 11“ paper

•Double-space everything

•Use 12 pt. Times New Roman (or similar) font 

•Leave only one space after punctuation

•Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides

•Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch

What is MLA format?