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Sentences
Big Picture
Punctuation
100
Narrows a subject to a single, central position and often previews the arrangement of ideas.
What is a thesis statement
100
Announces what a paragraph will be about.
What is a topic sentence
100
Can be corrected with either a semicolon or a period.
What is run-on or comma splice
100
A common problem when trying to pick a topic.
What is Writer's Block
100
Use with statement or indirect question.
What is period.
200
What font, size, and spacing does Creedon often enthuse about?
What is Times New Roman
200
Ramona from The Real Housewives once said, "I'm a person that likes to take control." What is wrong with this sentence?
What is "who," not "that."
200
Omits a subject or predicate (verb + modifier or complement).
What is a fragment
200
An essay with weak purpose often lacks --.
What is focus
300
Where you get a bunch of Sharpies and draw circles with ideas and points about them on a honkin' big piece of paper
What is a cluster outline
300
I like watching The Real Housewives, walking my dog Medusa, and to drink Vinho Verde. What's wrong with this sentence? Hint: faulty p________
faulty parallelism.
300
What is this an example of? After being called "honey babydoll sugerpants" one too many times by her boss, a lawyer was retained by Mary.
What is passive verbs
300
Intends to explain or inform prose pattern.
What is exposition or expository writing.
300
Put around words of direct speech.
What are quotation marks
400
What does Creedon make you bring to workshop? Bonus: What does Creedon call it?
What is copies of a draft. Also known as the physical manifestation of your intellectual property
400
Provides connection between one thought and the next with handy-dandy words.
What are transitional words or phrases.
400
What type of sentence might this be? (Declarative, imperative, Exclamatory, or Interrogative) "Girl......"
What is imperative or exclamatory (Technically also a fragment, but I don't care here)
400
Thoroughly defines a subject with a longer, more detailed explanation.
What is extended definition
400
Use between main clauses related by "however" or "for example."
What is a semicolon
500
Why you should stick to the five paragraph essay
Because you never want to learn and grow, be creative, inspire and be inspired
500
Helps create well-structured paragraphs with a nmemonic.
What is SEXEY
500
Sentence or not? Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
Yes - The city overpowers oxen.
500
The tone of an essay is also called --.
What is voice
500
Shows possession.
What is an apostrophe.