Clarity
Jack London
Sentence Faults
H.G. Wells
Basics of an Argument
100
As a rule, choose an ____________verb and pair it with the person or thing doing action.
What is active?
100
His short story that we read in class was titled __________
What is "Love of Life"
100
The following sentence fault: Going to the movies with my friends.
What is a fragment?
100
He is most famous for this book?
What is War of the Worlds?
100
View your ________________________as a panel of jurors.
What is audience?
200
Forms of the verb ______ lack vigor because they convey no action.
What are "Be" verbs?
200
Jack London was an adventurer, where was the setting for this short story?
What is the Yukon?
200
The following sentence fault: He is a friend of mine he lives down the street.
What is a run-on?
200
Wells was born here?
What is England?
200
In your introduction, establish credibility and ________________________.
What is state your position?
300
Make the point of view consistent in person and ____________.
What is "number"
300
Jack London was from this state?
What is California?
300
The following sentence fault: The lamp had faulty wiring, it caused a house fire.
What is a comma splice?
300
"The Country of the Blind" was set in this country?
What is Ecuador?
300
_______________your thesis with persuasive lines of argument.
What is support or back up?
400
The point of view of a piece of writing is the perspective from which it is written: ___________(I or we), _________(you), or ____________(he, she, it, one, or they)
What are first person, second person, third person?
400
The ______________ was the main character who survived in "Love of Life"
Who is the unnamed man?
400
Running for the bus.
What is a fragment?
400
Ultimately Nunez decided this meant more to him than marriage and safety?
What is sight?
400
Support your claims with __________________evidence.
What is specific?
500
The _______________point of view, which emphasizes the subject is appropriate in formal academic writing.
What are third person?
500
The Alaska Gold Rush happened in: 1847, 1907, 1898.
What is 1898?
500
Air pollution poses risks to all humans it can be deadly.
What is a run-on sentence?
500
_________________read "War of the Worlds" on the radio in 1938 and caused hysteria in the United State
Who is Orson Welles?
500
When writing an argumentative essay always anticipate _________________.
What is objections?