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Parts of Speech
Punctuation
Sentence structure
Grammar and Mechanics
Potpourri
100
This is what we called specific nouns that need to be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
100
This is what we call joining two independent clauses with only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
100
The subject in a sentence should agree with this.
What is the verb?
100
This famous singer-songwriter was born in Duluth.
Who is Bob Dylan?
200
The verb "feel" is an example of this type of verb.
What is a state of being verb?
200
True or False? When joining two independent clauses, a comma should always follow the FANBOY.
What is FALSE?
200
The subject of a sentence is never found here.
What is a prepositional phrase?
200
This type of sentence error can be fixed by adding a FANBOY and a comma.
What is a run-on?
200
It is another way of saying "what goes around comes around."
What is karma?
300
This is the part of speech that is used to modify a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
This punctuation mark is used to show possession.
What is an apostrophe?
300
This is the only time a title like senator, mayor or governor should be capitalized.
What is when is proceeds the person's name (or is part of the name).
300
This is what we call the student's last name and page number that appears in the upper right hand corner of an assignment.
What is the header?
300
Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
The FANBOYS belong to this part of speech.
What are the conjunctions?
400
This sentence is properly punctuated: True or False The cat was licking its fur.
What is TRUE?
400
We use these for the names of books, periodicals and musical cds.
What are italics?
400
This is the format we need to use when writing dates in MLA.
What is Universal Date Format or UDF?
400
What do we call something that is taken to counteract a poison?
What is an antidote?
500
Though technically not a part of speech, the words a, an and the are called this.
What are the articles?
500
These marks are used around the titles of songs.
What are quotation marks?
500
This is what we call a group of words that cannot stand on its own.
What is a dependent clause?
500
These two things should be avoided in academic writing.
What are contractions and exclamation marks?
500
Of the words affect and effect, it is the one that is a noun.
What is effect?