colons and semicolons
I bought apples, oranges,; and bananas from the store.
I bought apples, oranges, and bananas from the store.
The teacher gave the lecture (aloud/allowed).
What is aloud?
The poem titled "I, too" was written by this poet.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Ciera reads her book last night.
What is Read?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a Noun?
She wanted three things: love; success; and happiness.
She wanted three things: love, success, and happiest.
The construction crew will break ground on the (site/sight) of the skate park next week.
What is site?
This character is described as having a lighter skin tone, nice hair, and a full figure in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use."
Who is Dee or Wangero?
Samuel runned while I was chasing him.
What is ran?
This part of speech describes or modifies a noun.
What is an adjective?
I was tired; because I stayed up all night.
I was tired because I stayed up all night.
My notebook serves a (Dual/Duel) purpose as a planner and a journal.
What is Dual?
Jacqueline Allen Trimble referred to these two famous musicians as "Satchmo" and "Ella" in her poem "The Language of Joy."
Who are Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald?
UThe criminal flud the scene when the authorities arrived.
What is fled?
This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
What is a Verb?
The plan is simple; we leave at dawn, then head north
The plan is simple: we leave at dawn, then head north.
Dr. Bond ordered (Stationary/Stationery) with her initials on each card.
What is stationery?
GThis boundary between the North and the South was referenced in "All Y'all Really From Alabama" by Ashley M. Jones.
What is the Mason-Dixon line?
The lightning had striked my favorite tree and my friends dog.
what is struck?
This part of speech replaces a noun in a sentence.
What is a pronoun?
She didn’t come to work today: she was sick; apparently
She didn’t come to work today; she was sick, apparently.
His arrival is (Eminent/Immanent/Imminent).
What is Imminent?
The young woman in "girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is told to grow okra far from the house for this reason.
What is "okra trees harbor red ants"?
All of the students was elated when their final exam comes to pass, especially those who had wrote the 5 page essay instead of the interpretive piece. (All irregular verbs should be identified for full points)
What is were, came, and written?
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, often ending in "-ly"
What is an adverb?