Latin & Greek Roots
This Latin root means "away from" or "off."
What is ab-?
This type of pronoun refers back to a noun or another pronoun and helps to avoid repetition.
What are antecedent pronouns?
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.
What is a phrase?
This occurs when a sentence is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought, making it incomplete.
What is a fragment?
Derived from a Latin word, this root means "good" or "well."
What is bene?
When a pronoun receives the action of the verb in a sentence, it takes on this role.
What is an object pronoun?
This is the correct order for MLA format citations for a book.
What is "Author, Title, Publisher, Year"?
This type of clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
This type of error happens when two or more independent clauses are joined together without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
What is a run-on sentence?
This Latin root means "to" or "toward."
What is "ad-"?
This type of pronoun refers back to the subject and is necessary for the sentence to make sense.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
In MLA format, this is the correct way to cite a website.
What is Author (if known), Title of the Website, Publisher (if different from the website name), Publication date (if available), URL.
In the sentence: Since Mr. Carson had been sick all week and may still have been contagious,he stayed home from his family reunion on Saturday. What is the independent clause?
he stayed home from his family reunion on Saturday.
Correct the fragment in the following sentence: "Running down the street as fast as she could."
What is "She was running down the street as fast as she could"?
The Latin root means "with" or "together."
What is "con-"?
In the sentence "She baked the cookies herself," identify the reflexive pronoun.
What is "herself"?
This is the proper way to format the heading in MLA style for a paper.
What is "Name, Instructor's Name, Course, Date (Day Month Year)"?
Select the dependent clause. If their mound is disturbed, fire ants will attach their victim aggressively with incredibly painful stings.
If their mound is disturbed,
Identify the run-on in the following sentence: "I like to read books I also enjoy watching movies."
What is the absence of a comma or conjunction between "books" and "I"?
This Latin root means "guilt" or "blame."
What is "culp-"?
In the sentence "The dog chased the cat," identify the object pronoun.
What is "the cat"?
What is the correct MLA format for citing a journal article.
What is "Author, Article Title, Journal Title, Volume and Issue Number, Publication Year, Page Numbers"?
Select the independent clause. Although gourmet ingredients such as oysters, eggplant, and artichoke hearts have gained popularity in recent years, the most popular pizza topping in the United States is still pepperoni.
the most popular pizza topping in the United States is still pepperoni.
What punctuation mark is commonly used to correct a run-on sentence?
What is a comma, semicolon, or period?