Names
This author wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A sentence requires these two things to be complete.
What is a subject and predicate?
This is the letter Hester has sewn into her garments.
What is the letter "A"?
This author wrote "My Life Story" and "A Business Letter."
Who is Artemus Ward?
This type of clause modifies a noun or pronoun in another clause.
What is an adjective clause?
The name of the oiler in "The Open Boat."
Who is Billie?
This type of quote does not need quotation marks.
What are indirect quotes?
This is the name of Hester's husband.
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
This historical Italian figure is mentioned in the beginning of "The Innocents Abroad."
Who is Michael Angelo?
Subordinating conjunctions make a clause this kind of clause.
What is a dependent clause?
This author wrote "Rip Van Winkle."
Who is Washington Irving?
This punctuation mark can be used to join two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
This is Arthur Dimmesdale's profession.
What is a minister?
The name of the teacher in "Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N Cuts a Gordian Knot."
Who is Mr. Parkhill?
This type of clause can act as the object of the preposition in a sentence.
What is a noun clause?
The name of the main character in "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket."
Who is Tom Benecke?
The following sentence demonstrates this type of sentence error: "She sings in the choir each week she even sings solos."
What is a fused sentence?
This is the physical manifestation of Hester's scarlet letter.
Who is Pearl?
Mrs. Mitty told Walter to get this while she gets her hair done in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
What are overshoes?
The following sentence is an example of this clause: "Although most of the people there work with Kurt, some do not."
What is an adverb clause?
The name of the main character in "A Village Singer."
Who is Candace Whitcomb?
This Latin word is used to indicate an error made in the original text being quoted.
What is [sic]?
The type of plant that grows by the prison door.
What is a rosebush?
Mr. McWilliams thought this was making the thunder noises in "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning"
What are burglars?
The following sentence is an example of this type of clause: "When knocking on the front door, we saw someone run out the back."
What is an elliptical adverb clause?