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Punctuation
Confusing Vocab
Junior Teachers
Actual Questions
Commonly Mistaken
100
Used to separate independent clauses in a sentence.
What is a semicolon
100
What is an Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
100
This teacher is from Minnesota.
Who is Ms. Gruenwald
100
I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Having studied, my mother is a marine biologist. Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides. When the tide was low, Mom could be found down on the mudflats. When the tide was high, she would be standing on the inlet bridge with her plankton net. How should "waiting by the back door;" be punctuated?
1. A. NO CHANGE B. waiting, by the back door, C. waiting by the back door, D. waiting by the back door
100
Explain the difference between its and it's
Its=possessive, It's=it is
200
Give an example of how to use a colon.
Jimmy has three dogs: a lab, a poodle, and a cockapoobrador.
200
Define hyperbole
exaggeratioon
200
This teacher went to UK and roomed with Ms. Denton.
Who is Ms. Leroy
200
I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Having studied, my mother is a marine biologist. Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides. When the tide was low, Mom could be found down on the mudflats. When the tide was high, she would be standing on the inlet bridge with her plankton net. What should "was sitting" be?
F. NO CHANGE G. would sit H. sitting J. sat
200
Explain the difference between their, there, they're
their=possessive there=place (over there) they're=they are
300
List three uses of the comma.
-introductory phrases -lists -parenthetical phrases -with a conjunction to separate independent clauses -etc.
300
Use "transcendent" in a sentence
Jimmy had a transcendent experience at church on Sunday.
300
This teacher is an ex-MMA superstar, a professional fly-fisherman, and the father of a baby model
Who is Roberson
300
I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Having studied, my mother is a marine biologist. Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides. When the tide was low, Mom could be found down on the mudflats. When the tide was high, she would be standing on the inlet bridge with her plankton net. what should "Having studied, my mother is" say?
A. NO CHANGE B. As my mother’s interest is science, she is C. My mother’s occupation is that of D. My mother is
300
Explain the differences in usage of who and whom
“Who” refers to the subject of a sentence; “whom” refers to the object. “Who” and “whom” work in the same way as “he” or “him”.
400
Use a dash in a sentence.
Jimmy has three dogs--he always felt most at home with animals--a lab, a golden, and a cocker spaniel.
400
List three synonyms for "true"
correct, accurate, right, verifiable, loyal, faithful, constant, devoted, staunch, steadfast
400
This administrator was a science teacher at Southern before his promotion.
Who is Stephenson.
400
I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Having studied, my mother is a marine biologist. Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides. When the tide was low, Mom could be found down on the mudflats. When the tide was high, she would be standing on the inlet bridge with her plankton net. Focus:" Our household might have been described as uncooperative." Which choice would most effectively introduce the rest of this paragraph?
F. NO CHANGE G. There seemed to be no explanation for why Mom ran our household the way she did. H. Our household didn’t run according to a typical schedule. J. Mom ran our household in a most spectacular manner.
400
Explain the difference between "then" and "than"
Than” is used in comparisons. “Then” is used to indicate something following something else in time, as in step-by-step instructions, or planning a schedule (“we’ll go there then there”).
500
Although women's college basketball in Connecticut is a marvelously entertaining and increasingly popular sport it is not hard to remember when it was not so popular. Only a few years ago my friends and I could decide on a Sunday afternoon to go to a women's basketball game at the University of Connecticut and believe it or not we could get seats for free near center court. Of course that was before names such as Rebeccca Lobo Jennifer Rizzotti Kara Wolters and Carla Berube became household words. Lobo's book HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE which she wrote with her mother was a best-seller for a brief time in Connecticut. If more than a couple of hundred fans showed up for a game it was considered a big turnout and games were played in practically silent gyms. Nowadays it is almost impossible to buy tickets to a women's game and you can't get seats even in the Civic Center unless you know someone.
F-up some commas, yea
500
Explain the difference between connotation and denotation
Connotation represents the various social overtones, cultural implications, or emotional meanings associated with a sign. Denotation represents the explicit or referential meaning of a sign. Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a word, the 'dictionary definition
500
Name three teachers or administrators who went to Valley.
McCauley, Bard, Williams, Hare, Ms. Snipp.
500
I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Having studied, my mother is a marine biologist. Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides. When the tide was low, Mom could be found down on the mudflats. When the tide was high, she would be standing on the inlet bridge with her plankton net. What should "was subservient to the disposal of" say?
A. NO CHANGE B. was defenseless in the face of C. depended on D. trusted in
500
Explain the difference between affect and effect.
Affect is a verb – “to affect” – meaning to influence or have an impact on something. Effect is the noun – “a positive effect” – referring to the result of being affected by something. There is also a verb “to effect”, meaning to bring something about – “to effect a change”. However, this is not very commonly used, so we’ve left it out of the examples below to avoid confusion.