Parallel Structure
Fix or write correct:
Joe showed me how to plow the ground, plant seeds, and fertilize soil.
Correct
Movie: journey to the center of the earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth (underlined if handwritten)
Write a correctly formatted header for page 2 using your last name.
Harris 2
After what word should the comma go in this sentence?
Despite this professors are not the only ones responsible for persecution for students often rebuke and shut down the Christianity of their peers.
This
True or false: You capitalize the first word that comes after a semicolon.
FALSE
Fix or write correct:
Many teens have the opportunity to study such vocations as culinary arts, nursing, or cutting people's hair.
Many teens have the opportunity to study such vocations as culinary arts, nursing, or COSMETOLOGY.
Song: blinding lights
"Blinding Lights"
Write a correctly formatted in-text citation at the end of a sentence for an article with no page numbers by Amelia White.
(White).
Does a punctuation mark go here? If so, what?
Many question how the numbers could possibly be so high 1 and think there can’t be people out there contributing to this problem.
No
Name the three parts of speech that are NOT capitalized in titles.
articles, prepositions, and coordinate conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Fix or write correct:
The volcanic eruption required the people to evacuate the small island, that they return to the mainland, and to seek aid.
The volcanic eruption required the people to evacuate the small island, return to the mainland, and seek aid.
(by why don't we)
The Good Times and the Bad Ones (underlined if handwritten)
What comes in the line after your name in an MLA header?
The teacher's name
Punctuate this sentence at points 1 and 2.
Whenever I eat ice cream 1 I feel happy and warm inside 2 I feel as if everything bad in the world is all good
1. Comma
2. Semicolon
What craft technique/brushstroke is used in this sentence?
Scouring her paper for mistakes, Matilda meticulously revised.
Participial phrase - "Scouring her paper for mistakes"
Fix or write correct:
Gender-role stereotyping has frequently made women appear passive, dependent, not strong, and stupid.
Gender-role stereotyping has frequently made women appear passive, dependent, WEAK, and stupid.
Book: where the crawdads sing
Where the Crawdads Sing (underlined if handwritten)
What font type and size should MLA be in?
Times New Roman, 12 pt.
What punctuation marks should go in 1 and 2?
The UN needs to crack down on these groups 1 if this had been done 2 those 56,200 people injured or killed in 2016 would have been safer.
1. Semicolon
2. Comma
What is wrong with this sentence? Correct it.
Authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is critical to quality Italian food, I personally think I could eat it on anything.
Comma splice
Could replace the comma with a semicolon or a period
Fix or write correct:
Although my neighborhood contains spacious tree-lined boulevards, beautifully landscaped yards, and various recreational facilities, a few improvements are desirable.
Correct
Newspaper Article: SAT discontinues subject tests and optional essay
"SAT Discontinues Subject Tests and Optional Essay"
What should be on the 4th and final line of an MLA header?
The date the assignment is due
Is a comma, semicolon, or colon needed in this sentence? If so, which one and where?
Knowing who is a at risk of human trafficking is vital information but it’s also very important to know how predators are reaching their victims.
Comma after information - compound sentence
Knowing who is a at risk of human trafficking is vital information, but it’s also very important to know how predators are reaching their victims.
Putting a quote into your own words is called...
paraphrasing