Sentence Types
A grammatically faulty sentence in which two or more main or independent clauses are joined without a word to connect them to a punctuation mark to separate them.
What is a Run-on Sentence?
Does the following rule apply to MLA or APA?
When writing an essay, the header in the top right corner contains the author's last name and page number.
What is MLA?
Does this sentence use the semicolon correctly?
"I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight."
A. Incorrect
B. Correct
What is correct?
Loaded words are full of associations. Should you use loaded words or not when writing an essay?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Depends on what the purpose of the paper is
What is it depends on what the purpose of the paper is?
Which word CORRECTLY fills the blank?
"He gave (I/me) the last answer on a worksheet."
What is me?
Which answer choice BEST combines the two sentences, while making them compound?
"She wanted to go outside to play. It was raining."
A. The sentence is already compound.
B. The sentences cannot be combined
C. Replace the period after "play" with a comma and add "but" after the comma; lower case the word "It."
D. Add a semicolon after "play" and lower case "It."
What is answer choice C?
True or False?
In MLA, subheading and headings are present throughout the paper.
What is false?
Which punctuation mark is used to begin a list of items or an expansion or explanation?
A. Period
B. Semicolon
C. Colon
D. Dash
What is a colon?
What is an example of a "colorless" word?
A. Cool
B. Grunt
C. Scorch
D. Lurk
What is cool?
What are the two forms of a process analysis essay?
What is directive process analysis and informative process analysis?
What type of sentence is this?
"Although Denise had some doubts, she found the courses very useful."
What is a complex sentence?
True or False?
Magazines titles have regular capitalization when writing in both MLA and APA.
What is true?
Which punctuation should be added after "paper" in order to make the sentence correct?
"There are three types of paper wide ruled, college ruled, and white copy paper"
A. No punctuation
B. Semicolon
C. Period
D. Colon
What is a colon?
What are Euphemisms and when should you use them in writing?
what is euphemisms are negative ideas made to seem positive. You use them typically when writing a persuasive essay that needs euphemisms?
After putting the tie around your neck with the big side on the left and the skinnier side on the right, what step is next?
What is you adjust the tie based on your height?
What is wrong with the following sentence?
"This song is good, it is not my style."
A. Run-on
B. Comma Splice
C. "it"is not capitalized.
D. The sentence is correct.
What is a comma splice?
True or False?
A title page is optional when writing in MLA format.
What is true?
Does this sentence use the punctuation mark correctly?
"There were too many people at the beach: we could not swim."
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
What is incorrect?
Which of the following words is classified as a "loaded" word?
A. Freedom
B. Love
C. Peace
D. All of the above
What is all of the above?
Number or amount?
"A large (number/amount) of money was stolen from the bank."
What is amount?
What type of sentence is this?
"The ball was thrown he did not catch it."
A. Declarative
B. Run-on
C. Exclamatory
D. Imperative
What is a Run-on Sentence?
Does the following rule apply to MLA or APA?
When citing books on the reference page, only the first word is capitalized.
What is APA?
What punctuation mark indicates a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma?
What is a semicolon?
Why should you always take the side that looks the hardest to you when writing an argumentative?
What is it will make you dig for information, resulting in stronger arguments?
Pat expressions are overly used, unnecessary expressions that are used to take up space when writing. Which of the following expressions are considered "pat" expressions?
A. "Last but not least,"
B. "For example,"
C. "In conclusion,"
D. All of the above
What is all of the above?