Grammar
Terminology
Media Literacy
Miscellaneous
APA/MLA
100
This is when a comma is misused.
What is a comma splice?
100
When you highlight, underline, and/or take notes on a piece of media.
What is an Annotation?
100
The ability to interpret and understand the more profound meaning and relevance of a text (e.g., movies, television shows, video games, news articles, etc.).
What is media literacy?
100
This comic discusses the importance of doing what we enjoy and not caring about whether or not our art is good or sucks.
"Two Questions" by Lynda Barry
100
APA and MLA are examples of this.
What are formatting/citation styles?
200
The merging of more than one complete sentence without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on/fused sentence?
200
A sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate.
What is a fragment?
200
How a camera moves, zooms in and out, and its positioning within a scene.
What is cinematography?
200
This is a tool that can help work through writer's block and train our brains not to procrastinate.
What is free-writing?
200
This citation style looks like this:
What is APA?
300
This piece of punctuation should be used after an introductory element.
What is a comma?
300
This word defines the purpose of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in writing.
What is an appeal?
300
This rule in media is when the artist shows you how a character has changed through their actions, versus telling you that the character has changed.
What is the "Show, Don't Tell" Rule?
300
This nonsensical poem discusses the slaying of a terrifying beast using a vorpal blade.
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
300
This citation style requires that your last name AND page number are in the top right corner of your essay.
What is MLA?
400
Informal words that are made up of two or more words that create a shortened form, usually with an apostrophe.
What is a contraction?
400
The arrangement of words and sentences to convey meaning.
What is syntax?
400
This rather sweet-looking interactive art piece discusses the horrors of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 90s.
What is Untitled; A Portrait of Ross in L.A.?
400
Finish this statement from Professor Shane: "You have to figure out[...]"
"[...]what works for you."
400
This is needed when a citation on your references page is longer than one line.
What is a hanging indent?
500
These pieces of language are also known as "FANBOYS."
What are coordinating conjunctions / For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
500
This term refers to types of arguments that are not sound or reasonable.
What are logical fallacies?
500
This term is what can skew people's opinions when reading an article about a recent event or hearing about it on a news outlet.
What is bias?
500
This piece of punctuation generally has three rules: both sides of it have to be complete sentences, the second sentence's first word must be lowercase, and both sentences must deal with the same subject matter.
What is a semicolon?
500
This Latin phrase is used in in-text citations when you have three or more authors of the same piece.
What is "et al."?