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Vocabulary
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Figurative language
Context clues
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style an essay is written in

MLA 8

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those who helped create the U.S.

founding fathers

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Alice went to the park for the afternoon with her new dog. A border collie mix with brown and white fur. 

What needs to change?

Change the first period to a comma and use a lowercase a right after the comma. 

Change the first period to a dash and use a lowercase a right after the comma.

100

extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

Hyperbole

100

 Information within a text that can help readers to infer the meanings of unknown words.

Context clue meaning.

200

Font in an essay

Times New Roman

200

quality of being determined

tenacity

200

"comes to house" is an example of...?

sentence fragments 

200

gives the author power to expand meanings and to create vivid and meaningful notions. 

Figurative language

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the word ______ means strong as used in the sentence.

 the smell radiating from the kitchen was quite pungent and encouraged them to leave the house for some fresh air.

What does pungent mean as it is used in the sentence?

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two types of essay's

argumentative and informative

300

able to withstand something bad and recover quickly

resilient

300

no punctuation between an independent clause

run-on sentence

300

nonliteral comparison using "like" or "as"

simile

300

  • an additional statement, synonym, or definition, which might be set off with commas, dashes, or parentheses

  • details and elaboration that provide a further description or explanation
  • an example or specific instance
  • a comparison or contrast with something familiar

how to determine the meaning of a word using context clues.

400

some types of cited sources

in-text and work cited

400

one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

complex sentence

400

independent clauses joined together using only a comma

comma splice

400

"tender age" is an example of..?

an idiom

400

the word _____ means associated with administrative structures or officials. 

a ream of paperwork and a little bureaucratic wrangling that resulted in the great state of California issuing me a license to operate an autonomous vehicle. 

meaning of bureaucratic in the sentence

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correct spacing in an essay

double spacing

500

two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

compound complex sentence

500

has their own subject and verb

dependent clause

500

type of metaphor giving human characteristics to non-living things.

personification

500

preparation, task, difficult, and training are context clues for _____

arduous