Style Guides
When is it appropriate to punctuate a vertical list?
When the bullet points use full sentence structure.
50 points: As long as it is consistent, it doesn't matter.
The comma preceding a conjunction in a list of three or more.
The guides that approve the use of a serial comma.
What is MLA, CMOS, APA?
What format do we use to indicate user interface instructions?
Bold face, never quotes.
The difference between the three types of grammatical dashes.
What is a hyphen connects words, an en dash indicates throughput, and an em dash indicates a break in the sentence (similar to parenthesis or restrictive commas)?
A career field that use CMOS.
What is copy and content editors?
When is it appropriate to use the Latin abbreviations "e.g." and "i.e."?
Never!
The eight parts of speech. Bonus 50 points for the 9th part of speech.
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, pronoun, interjection, (bonus point: articles or determiners)?
A career field that uses MLA.
What is writers?
Is it okay to move punctuation on the inside of quotes when referencing coding instructions?
We avoid it if we can by rearranging the sentence. If we can't rearrange the sentence, we leave the punctuation on the outside of the quotes.
The difference between passive voice and active voice in writing.
What is passive voice puts the verb before the noun (or the action before the actor) and active voice puts the noun before the verb (or the actor before the action)?
A career field that uses AP.
What is journalists?
What are the three bullet points the "Overview" section should include in content pages. 50 point bonus: Which is optional?
Task
Purpose
Instructor
Provide an example of a dangling participle.
ex. Jogging across the park, the cabbie waited for me impatiently.
A career field that uses APA.
What is nurses?