Grammar Gremlins
Mechanics Mania
Citation Situations
Saucy Sources
Potpourri
100
One way to correct this sentence error is by adding a coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma splice?
100
Apostrophes can only be used for these two purposes (pluralizing is NOT one of them!)
What are contractions and possessions?
100
In MLA citations, the Works Cited page should use this kind of indentation.
What is hanging indent?
100
This kind of source is developed directly by the researcher.
What is a primary source?
100
This notable alum of CAU established a popular vegan restaurant with a risque name.
Who is Pinky Cole?
200
A sentence fragment is missing either a _________ or a ________.
What is a subject or a verb?
200
This is the correct sentence:
1. The Harri's house is the largest on the block.
2. The Harris's house is the largest on the block.
3. The Harris house is the largest on the block.
What is 2?
200
An MLA-style Works Cited page should be organized in ______________ order.
What is alphabetical?
200
This kind of source will have a reference page, use jargon from the discipline, and was reviewed by other scholars in the field.
What is a scholarly source?
200
Name this music artist, who often dons interesting headwear.
Who is Tyler the Creator?
300
The Paramedic Method improves sentences by changing them from ______________ voice to active voice.
What is passive voice?
300
A comma splice can be corrected by replacing the comma with this punctuation.
What is a semicolon? (or a period)
300
This term means that a writer only changes a few words in a source without adding new ideas and is a form of plagiarism.
What is patchwriting.
300
Interviews are one example of a primary source. This is another example.
What is a survey, questionnaire, observation report?
300
This instructor for this class engages in this hobby, which results in hats, scarves, blankets, and the like.
What is knitting? (or crochet)
400
To rest or recline. Or to tell an untruth. This word is often confused with another, similar word.
What is to lie?
400
One might introduce a list with a complete sentence and this piece of punctuation.
What is a colon?
400
This kind of information does not need to be cited because it is widely known, not in dispute, and is often found in general sources like encyclopedias.
What is common knowledge?
400
These kinds of sources are intended for a general audience rather than an academic one.
What is a popular source?
400
On the best sitcom in the world, A Different World, which two actors played the lead characters Whitley and Dwayne?
Who are Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison?
500
The antecedent in this sentence:
Keshia saw the car roll down the hill before she could stop it.
What is Keshia?
500
This piece of punctuation can separate two independent clauses, just like a period or colon.
What is a semi-colon?
500
In MLA-style citations, ONLY these two pieces of information go in the in-text citation.
What are the author's last name and the page number?
500
If you want to study the spread of a communicable disease through a community, you might use an article that interprets or analyzes CDC data, which is not first or third, but this kind of source.
What is secondary?
500
In 1997, Dr. Foster-Singletary enrolled in this cross-listed class at CAU.
What is Speech?