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This sentence is a fragment.
What is a sentence?
100
Correctly punctuate this sentence: Coach Miller said "Be ready to leave in five minutes."
What is: Coach Miller said, "Be ready to leave in five minutes." The rule: Use a comma to set apart the exact words of a quotation.
100
We need to buy more soap shampoo hand lotion and toothpaste
What is: We need to buy more soap, shampoo, hand lotion and toothpaste. Rule: Use commas to separate items in a series (after every item except the last one).
100
A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together, sometimes in a rhyming pattern. Synonym of verse
What is a stanza?
100
This sentence is correct: According to an old legend, their is treasure buried on that island. True or False Explain your answer
What is: FALSE THEIR is ALWAYS a possessive pronoun that precedes a noun or noun phrase. THERE indicates place THEY'RE is ALWAYS a contraction of "THEY ARE"
200
Until the last person has left the classroom.
What is a fragment?
200
Correctly punctuate this sentence: I'm tired of the  overcooked high-­‐fat food in the cafeteria.
What is: I'm tired of the overcooked, high-fat food in the cafeteria. Rule: Use a comma to separate two or more adjectives before a noun.
200
Since we are going to go walk on the beach after sunset I made sure to bring my sweater. Explain your answer.
What is: Since we are going to walk on the beach after sunset, I made sure to bring my sweater. RULE: When a subordinating clause begins a sentence, it should be followed by a comma before the independent clause.
200
In the novel "The Tiger Rising," Rob Horton learns that friendship can offer freedom from the powerful grip of grief. This sentence above includes a big idea or life lesson about the text that is an opinion and is universal (not limited to story). This type of statement is called a what?
What is theme?
200
This sentence is correct: The rabbit twitched it's nose when it smelled the delicious radishes in Mr. McGregor's garden. Explain your answer.
What is FALSE IT'S is always a contraction of IT IS ITS is always a possessive pronoun followed by a noun or noun phrase.
300
The girls played basketball, but the boys played tennis.
What is a compound sentence?
300
Correctly punctuate this sentence: Adam Smith a sixth-grade student won the essay contest.
What is: Adam Smith, a sixth-grade student, won the essay contest. Rule: Use comma to set apart a noun or noun phrase that describes something, also called an appositive!
300
I made sure to bring a sweater with me because we were planning to walk on the beach after dinner.
What is: Correct as is Rule: You do not need to follow the independent clause with a comma before the dependent (also called subordinate) clause in a complex sentence. OR When you begin a complex sentence with the independent clause, you do not need to follow it with a comma before the subordinate (or dependent) clause. See the difference?
300
This is the attitude of the writer toward a subject or audience. Example: “I want to ask the authorities what is the big deal? Why do not they control the epidemic? It is eating up lives like a monster.” (informal) OR “I want to draw the attention of the concerned authorities toward damage caused by an epidemic. If steps were not taken to curb it, it will further injure our community” (formal) These statements differ in what?
What is tone?
300
This sentence is correct: This money is for Fred and I. True or False
What is FALSE This money is for Fred and me. Rule: When compounding a pronoun with something else, use the SAME form (objective or subjective) as if the pronoun was standing alone.
400
Some club members were late for the meeting for example, Tanya and Scott came in at 9:30.
What is a run-on sentence?
400
Correctly punctuate this sentence: Mr. President the reporters are ready for the press conference.
What is: Mr. President, the reporters are ready for the press conference. Rule: Use a comma to set apart a the name of someone being spoken to.
400
Tom and Jerry were always the best of friends however they fought over who had the best stash of nuts as they squirreled away food for winter.
What is: Tom and Jerry were always the best of friends; however, they fought over who had the best stash of nuts as they squirreled away food for winter. Rule: Use a semi-colon in place of a period to separate two closely related independent clauses. However, take care to NOT overuse semi-colons in your writing.
400
A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Example: When Ruth Jones's alarm clock woke her at seven o'clock that morning, she had no idea that today would be the longest day of her life.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Revise this sentence so it follows correct parallel structure: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to ride a bicycle.
What is: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and riding a bicycle. OR: Mary likes to hike, swim and ride a bicycle. Rule: Use the same patterns of words or phrases when showing all are equally important.
500
Until all the cell phones stop ringing in theaters, and all the people who think they can sing really can, and televised golf gets exciting, and all the weeds stop growing in gardens, and all the puppies stop chewing up shoes.
What is a fragment?
500
Correctly punctuate this sentence: If I could meet the author of this book I would tell her she did a great job.
What is: If I could meet the author of this book, I would tell her she did a great job. Rule: Use a comma to separate introductory information in a sentence that is introduced by a subordinating conjunction (until, if, because, when, after, before, although, as, while, etc.)
500
although I like to go camping i haven't had the time to go lately and i haven't found anyone to go with. Bonus: Name this type of sentence!
What is: Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with. Bonus: Compound-Complex Sentence!
500
Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative. Example: The play "The Diary of Anne Frank" begins in 1945, but the main part of the story takes place in the past as Mr. Frank remembers events he reads of in Anne's diary.
What is flashback?
500
Choose the correct word to complete this sentence AND name the part of speech of the word: ____________ turn is it to wash tables at lunch? a) whose b) who's
What is whose? What is interrogative pronoun?