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Punctuation
Poetry
Research
100
That story certainly had an (affect, effect) on me.
What is "effect"?
100
All sentences begin with this
What is a capital letter?
100
period, question mark, and exclamation point
What are end marks?
100
The way a poem looks on the page
What is form?
100
using someone’s ideas but putting them in your own words
What is paraphrasing?
200
I plan to write the letter on my new (stationary, stationery).
What is "stationery"?
200
preferred in most writing and speaking situations
What is standard (formal) usage?
200
used for separating items in a series, joining independant clauses, and certain conventional situations...
What are commas?
200
Rhyme, rhythm, repetition and alliteration
What is sound?
200
using others ideas and words without clearly giving credit to the source of information
What is plagiarism?
300
These never change the spelling of a word.
What are prefixes?
300
The first, last and any important words in a title should have this
What is a capital letter?
300
forms the possessive case, contractions and some plurals
What is an apostrophe?
300
words and phrases that help the reader to see ordinary things in new ways
What is figurative language?
300
the author’s last name and page number in parenthesis, at the end of a sentence
What is parenthetical documentation?
400
...except after "C""
What is i before e?
400
A verb should always agree in _____ with its subject.
What is "number"?
400
used to join two independant clauses that are closely related in meaning
What is a semi-colon?
400
The overall message in a poem.
What is theme?
400
to quote as an authority or example
What is "cite"?
500
One word in the English language end in _____; three end in _____; all others end in _____.
What is sede, ceed, and cede?
500
A collective noun can be either of these.
What is singular or plural?
500
indicates an abrupt break in thought or speech
What is a dash?
500
Complete the pattern: 2 lines = couplet, 3 lines = triplet, 4 lines = ______.
What is quatrain?
500
facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be known by a lot of people
What is "common knowledge"?