Crit Words
Define Criteria
What is: Standards for making a judgment
Define Judgment
What is: A decision made by judging and evaluating
Define Anonymous
What is: By or from a person whose name is not given
Define Simple Sentence
What is:
A simple sentence contains a verb.
It expresses a complete thought.
A simple sentence is a single independent clause.
Define Compound sentence
What is: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.
Define Critical
What is: Judging with disapproval or harshness
Define Misjudge
What is: To judge incorrectly
Define: Envious
What is: Full of jealousy and a desire to have something that another person has
Is this a simple sentence?:
Jumped high.
What is: No, it is not a simple sentence because this is a sentence fragment, the reader does not know who jumped high.
Is this a compound sentence?:
The dog had watched all of this, but he had refused to become involved.
What is: Yes, this is a compound sentence.
Criticism
What is: Comments judging with disapproval
Define Prejudice
What is: An opinion formed without taking time and care to judge fairly
Define Indigenous
What is: The plants, animals, or people, native to a particular region or environment
Is this a simple sentence?:
Because I ate dinner.
What is: No, This is a sentence fragment because it doesn't express a complete thought... what happened because you ate dinner?
Is this a compound sentence?:
I was tired from working late, I had to go to class anyway
What is: No, a comma alone is not enough to connect two sentences.
Define Hypocrite
What is: A person who judgingly says one thing and does another
Does this sentence have the correct word in it?
I trust your misjudge better than I do my own.
What is: No, the sentence should be
I trust your judgment better than I do my own.
Define Mountainous
What is: Full of mountains
Is this a simple sentence?:
The cat crept through the dark house.
What is: Yes, this is simple sentence
Is this a compound sentence?:
I was tired from working late, but I had to go to class anyway.
What is: Yes, this is a compound sentence
Is this sentence using the correct Crit word?
Tom doesn't take criticism well.
What is: yes, because the definition for Criticism is Comments judging with disapproval
Does this sentence have the correct word in it?
It is unreasonable to feel prejudice toward a person simply because of the color of their skin or their personal beliefs.
What is: yes, because the definition of prejudice is An opinion formed without taking time and care to judge fairly
Define Perilous
What is: Full of Danger
Is this a simple sentence?:
The wary mouse watched from underneath an upturned cereal box.
What is: Yes, this is a simple sentence.
Is this a compound sentence?:
My brother just graduated from high school he will attend St. Petersburg College.
What is: No, sentences cannot just run together. They must be joined with a semi colon or a coordinating conjunction