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Marley
Essay
Sentences and Paragraphs
Run-on's, comma splices and correct sentences
The Writing Process
100
First name of the author's wife.
What is Jenny?
100
The three parts of an essay.
What is the introduction, body and conclusion?
100
To be complete, a sentence needs these two things.
What is subject and verb?
100
This is an example of what? Sarah wanted to start school with me she had a full-time job.
What is a run-on sentence?
100
The three parts of the writing process.
What is prewriting, composing, revising?
200
The state the author and his wife lived in when they first got Marley.
What is Florida?
200
This is a sentence (sometimes two) that comes at the end of the introduction.
What is the thesis statement?
200
Two types of verbs.
What is action verb and linking verb?
200
This is an example of what? We called the firefighters, they couldn't do anything to stop the fire.
What is a comma splice?
200
The name of any prewriting technique.
What is freewriting, brainstorming, clustering, branching, idea mapping?
300
What Marley feared the most.
What is thunder/lightening?
300
This is the name of the sentence that tells the point or main idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
300
What you call a group of sentences that all relate to the same topic.
What is a paragraph?
300
People were allowed to water their lawns, they could only do it three times a week.
What is a comma splice?
300
In this stage of the writing process, you reassess your work.
What is the revision stage?
400
Name of the movie the real life Marley "starred" in.
What is The Last Home Run?
400
The two things a topic sentence needs to be effective.
What is the subject and the author's attitude/opinion/reaction to the subject?
400
The topic sentence is usually placed here.
What is the beginning of a paragraph?
400
This is an example of what? Over 350 known speicies of sharks exist only a few represent a danger to people.
What is a run-on sentence?
400
In this stage of the writing process, you turn your rough ideas into functional sentences.
What is the composing stage?
500
The name of the dog the Grogan's got after Marley died.
What is Lucky?
500
This term that means you have not used your own ideas or words.
What is plagiarism.
500
The three reasons why people write.
What is to inform, persuade, entertain?
500
This is an example of what? Walter usually plays practical jokes on others, but he was the victim this time.
What is a correct sentence?
500
When writing, you should focus on who?
What is the reader?