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when you are very very frightened
What is "terrified"?
100
when two independent clauses are joined only by a comma without a conjunction
What is a comma splice?
100
Every complete sentence needs these three components.
What are nouns, verbs, and complete thoughts?
100
This can assist readers understand the meaning of unknown words without going to a dictionary.
What are context clues?
100
this team won the NBA basketball championship earlier this week
Who are the Golden State Warriors?
200
acts that are against the law
What are "crimes"?
200
This verb tense is used to emphasize that a past action finished before another past action
What is the past perfect?
200
"The dress was designed by a famous tennis player" is an example of....
What is the passive voice?
200
"or," "that is," and the verb "be" are examples of this
What are a few examples of context clues that indicate a term is being defined in a given text?
200
This is the largest state by land mass in the U.S.
What is Alaska?
300
a sudden and great change, especially a violent change of a system of government
What is a "revolution"?
300
this is when we use the past perfect in a condition clause to speak about an impossible past condition
What is a third conditional?
300
Name six out of the nine parts of speech.
What are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, articles, prepositions, and interjections?
300
"however," "whereas," and "on the contrary" are examples of this
What are a few examples of contrast clues to help determine unknown vocabulary in a given context?
300
This actor starred in films such as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Bruce Almighty," "The Truman Show," and "Dumb and Dumber."
Who is Jim Carrey?
400
relating to the whole world
What is "global"?
400
these are five techniques that we use to link sentences to one another and give our writing cohesion
What are transition words/phrases, using pronouns, repeating key terms, using synonyms, and using "this/these" + summary word?
400
examples, reasons, and facts are types of .....
What are some different types of supporting details?
400
Two elements of any given main idea
What are the topic and claim?
400
this bird is considered to be the national bird of the U.S.
What is the bald eagle?
500
to gain speed or cause faster activity
What is "accelerate"?
500
these three causative verbs require the base form of a verb to follow
What are have, make, and let?
500
Five types of punctuation are...
What is a period, comma, semi-colon, colon, exclamation mark, question mark, dash, quotation marks, hyphen, ellipsis...
500
The two most important components of any summary
What are the main ideas/key points and using your own words?
500
this American city is home to the Space Needle and the NFL Seahawks
What is Seattle?