Grammar and Composition
Which of these transitions set up contrast?
a. however
b. likewise
c. second
What is however?
Unless stated, writers should write in ____ tense
What is the present tense?
In natural order the subject
What is comes before the verb?
First person is the speaker or writer
What is I or we?
I am going to ____ down.
What is lie?
This makes sentences that are awkward, overwrought, or poorly punctuated jump out at you.
What is Read it out loud?
Growing up in the ____, she had fewer options than women today do.
a. 50s b. 50's c. '50s
What is c '50's?
Second person is the lister or reader
What is you?
Can or may? One if formal.
What is may?
Writers support their point
What is with evidence, examples, and/or facts?
It is easier than ever to not worry about spelling because of
What is autocorrect or spell-check?
The noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called
What is the object of a preposition?
The demonstrative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and
What is that?
"Was chosen as the winner of" is a phrase for the word
won
Before writers begin to write
What is brainstorm?
When the full date is written within a sentence, it is followed by a/an,
What is a comma?
What is a subject and a predicate?
Name one pronoun that should not begin a sentence.
What is it, this, or there?
"Illuminate" is another word for
What is light?
Different types of writing call for different
What are styles?
When using numbers at the beginning of a sentence, they must be
What is spelled out?
When there is a subordinate clause attached to a main clause, you get a/an
What is a complex sentene?
Although ____ is traditionally plural, it's been used as a singular for centuries when the antecedent is unknown or a generic person.
What is they?
What is redundancy?