Punctuation
The best of all the cars' was the Chevy.
What's wrong with this apostrophe usage? Be specific.
What is cars is plural not possessive?
In The Pursuit of Happiness, a major ______ is about overcoming adversity even in the darkest moments.
This is the sentence type of the following sentence.
This winter was more than Freddy could handle, so the whole family moved to Gila Bend.
What is a compound sentence?
"Bobby jumped."
What is the problem with this sentences--or is there one?
What is, there is not problem; it's a complete sentence!
Lily's affection for Zach creates a _________ vs. _______ conflict because of the racial prejudices of the time.
What is character vs. society?
A ______ is needed in the following sentence:
Bring the following items a pencil, pen, calculator, water bottle, and some cash.
What is a colon? :
Rocky Balboa has the classic ________ conflict when he goes head to head with Mr. T in the ring.
What is character vs. character or external or both.
The following sentence problem is known as a _______.
In the big gym after school playing basketball until it's time to go home.
What is sentence fragment?
We had went to the library several times before we checked out the book.
This correction must be made to correct the sentence.
What is had gone rather than had went.
"But I was going to say when Truth broke in
With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm" is an example of ______ in Frost's poem, "Birches."
What is personification?
These punctuation marks are missing in the following sentence:
Sally said, Oh no you didnt!
What are quotes and an apostrophe?
Sally said, "Oh no you didn't!"
The __________ ___________ of the Great Depression helps people understand why people rooted for Seabiscuit so much in the 1930s, as depicted in the movie, Seabiscuit.
What is historical context?
The following is a ___________ clause.
Although Cindy was good at algebra,
What is dependent clause?
I wonder who's turn it is.
This correction must be made!
What is whose not who's.
What is dramatic irony?
This punctuation mark is missing in the following sentence:
Sally said "Oh no you didn't!"
What is a comma after said.
Sally said, "Oh no you didn't!"
Princes Leia, in the original Star Wars, struggled with her _________ _____________ when she had feelings for Hans Solo, an obnoxious pilot.
What is internal conflict?
We're going to the creek after school with some sandwiches and a cooler full of ice-cold Arizona Tea.
The sentence type is...
What is simple?
That old Ford, perhaps my favorite truck of all time, needs a new transmission.
That old Ford--perhaps my favorite truck of all time--needs a new transmission.
"perhaps my favorite truck of all time" is a _________ phrase.
What is a parenthetical phrase?
That old Ford (perhaps my favorite truck of all time) needs a new transmission.
One can infer that the narrator in "The Moths" was one tough gal who loved her grandmother with all her heart.
This is an example of ____________ ___________.
What is indirect characterization?
Because the Phoenix Suns lost already; we have to root for the Denver Nuggets.
This change needs to be made to correct the sentence.
What is change the semicolon to a comma.
(Change ; to a ,).
Because the Phoenix Suns lost already, we have to root for the Denver Nuggets.
Jenny provided a good character _______ for Forest; both characters brought out strong characteristics of the other person.
(Other character _______s for Forest include Bubba, Lieutenant Dan, and, of course, mamma.)
What is character foil?
Although this is an ordinary Monday, you should take note that it is our last Monday.
The sentence type is...
What is complex?
The birds across the river are among the finest specimens in the whole world.
The subject of the sentence is...
What is birds?
The best element exemplified in the following passage is...
"I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it."
What is hyperbole?
Also acceptable--figurative language.