A group of sentences that fully explains one topic; there are usually five per essay
What is a paragraph?
100
Quotations need to be surrounded by these punctuation marks. For example...
"Hey, man," he said.
What are quotation marks?
100
This is a word or phrase that ties one paragraph or idea to another one.
What is a transition?
100
The student's went to get their/there/they're papers from the stack.
What is their
100
A style of answering open-ended questions where you turn the question around, support your answer, and explain why your information is important.
What is short answer question (SAR)
200
This specific type of paragraph is used to grab the reader's attention
What is the introduction?
200
If you are introducing a list, you should use this punctuation mark...
"I have so much to do: go to school, finish my project..."
What is it called?
What is a colon?
200
True or False: The beginning of a paragraph is the only location where you should include transitions.
What is false (they can also be used to transition between different sentences or other ideas)?
200
Their/there/they're going to make sure that all of the students have an I.D. badge.
What is They're
200
We should always be sure to do these things in our introduction.
What is hook the reader, state our thesis, and introduce our main ideas?
300
The point you are trying to prove, and the focus of the essay, should be found in this SPECIFIC sentence.
What is the thesis?
300
Complete sentences can only end with these three types of punctuation.
What are the period, question mark, and exclamation point?
300
This is the purpose of transitions in our writing.
What is to let the reader know that we are changing to another idea?
300
Their/there/they're is no question that their/there/they're going to get into trouble.
What is There and they're
300
True or false: Each paragraph in the body of an essay can focus on more than one main idea
What is FALSE!!!
400
At the beginning of every paragraph, you should find this type of sentence (I am looking for a particular name...)
What is a topic sentence?
400
This punctuation mark can replace a period... when putting two complete thoughts together.
"There is not enough time; we're going to get caught."
What is it called?
What is a semicolon?
400
A sentence in which part of the sentence is missing (i.e. the subject or verb) is called this. An example is below...
"Running to the store real quick."
What is a fragment?
400
Students should always write in 1st/2nd/3rd person unless they are using a personal anecdote.
3rd NO YOU
400
This is what distinguishes "intended audience" from "audience"
What is the author's intent (i.e. the author writes specifically to his "intended audience," while anyone who wants can be the "audience")
500
This is the maximum amount of paragraphs that an essay should have.
What is NONE! (Trick question!)
500
Correct the punctuation in the following sentence...
We received mail thats not ours, we should send that back to 227 Brainard Road Enfield.
What is "We received mail that's not ours. We should send that back to 227 Brainard Road, Enfield."
500
A sentence in which there is more than one complete thought or idea without the correct punctuation is.... An example is included below...
"We hate doing this work we realize that it's important though."
What is a run-on?
500
The grade that a student gets on his essay affects/effects his GPA and the affects/effects of a low GPA will be not graduating.
What is affects.....effects
500
Identify three out of the five suggestions for writing a good hook.
What is opening with an unusual fact or detail, strong statement, fact, quotation, and question?