WRITING:
REVISE AND EDIT
IT STARTS WITH "CON-"
IT ENDS WITH -CT
COVENANT HOUSE
GRAB BAG: SENTENCES
100
Your writing will be better if you ____________ your essay, looking for punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors.
What is "examine"
100
To carry or deliver either a message or a shipment.
What is "convey"
100
Think deeply or carefully about.
What is "reflect"
100
When a student chooses A, B, C, or D on a quiz answer, they ____________ which one they believe is correct.
What is "indicate"
100
He is _____________ because he always sees the bright side of things.
What is "optimistic"
200
This is what you do when you re-write a sentence or paragraph, changing it.
What is "modify"
200
To come up with the idea for.
What is "conceive"
200
Respond to something in a strong way.
What is "react"
200
All teachers, students, and staff ________________ the upcoming graduation with gladness.
What is "anticipate"
200
The money a charity raises is _________ , without it, it can't stay in business.
What is "crucial"
300
When you do this to your writing, you make your ideas clearer for the reader.
What is "clarify"?
300
To speak against the position someone else is taking, to take the opposing viewpoint.
What is "contradict"
300
Represent in words or in pictures.
What is "depict"
300
We want students to ______________ learning with fun and satisfaction.
What is "associate"
300
The outlook for the planet's oceans is very ____________, because they are filled with garbage, warming at an alarming rate, and the amount of fish in them is decreasing sharply.
What is "pessimistic"
400
This is what you are doing when you give reasons for your arguments in your writing, it means the same thing as "defend".
What is "justify"
400
The outcome of an event, and it can be either negative or positive.
What is "consequence"
400
The result of an action, outcome.
What is "effect"
400
When our students start wearing the same type of clothing or listen to similar music, we call this a _____________ .
What is "trend"
400
Kelly and Tim's ________________ was a song and dance routine for Covenant Idol.
What is "collaboration"
500
Express something indirectly in your writing.
What is "imply"
500
Words that surround an unknown word/phrase and help to determine its interpretation.
What is "context"
500
To have an influence upon.
What is "affect"
500
Here at Covenant House Academy-Central, we ___________ for the continued success of our students. (write, speak, or act in favor of or support of)
What is "advocate"
500
A job on the assembly line for Ford Motor Company would fall under the manufacturing _____________ of employment.
What is "sector"