Q: Identify the grammar mistake:
After the devastation of the siege of Leningrad the Soviets were left with the task of rebuilding their population as well as their city
A: Missing comma after intro phrase.
100
Q: Verb tense should be ______ throughout an essay
A: Consistent/ The same
100
In a textual analysis essay, this is the central idea that the writer is trying to prove.
Thesis Statement
100
What is the acronym we base our paragraph structure on? What does each letter stand for?
P.I.E. Point/Illustration/Explanation
100
Name three things included in the basic requirement for a book citation.
Title of book, author, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, medium.
200
Q: Identify the grammar mistake:
The boy and his father knew that he was in trouble.
A: Pronoun Ambiguity
200
Q: What makes the following sentence un-academic:
Then the wife was so annoying, acting so messed up to her super nice husband.
A: Tone is too casual/informal.
200
The thesis statement is usually one to two sentences long and can be found in the __________ paragraph.
Introductory paragraph
200
A direct quote usually satisfies what part of the P.I.E
The illustration
200
The name of the book you need to consult in order to format your bibliography page
Rules for Writers
300
Q: Identify the grammar mistake:
My brother in the red shirt likes ice-cream.
(said by someone with only one brother)
A: Missing commas around nonrestrictive relative clause
300
Q: What makes the following sentence un-academic:
Every French poet has always remained loyal to his school or literary movement.
A: Gender biased pronoun
300
According to the assignment sheet, your thesis must be a claim; it cannot be a ___________
A statement of fact
300
The explanation (E) part of the paragraph serves to connect what THREE things?
The (1) illustration to the (2) main point of the paragraph and the (3) thesis
300
What do ellipses represent in an in-text citation?
Omitted words.
400
Q: Identify the grammar mistake:
Richard and I knew all the cars’s stereos had been stolen.
A: Confusion between possessive and contraction
400
Q: What makes the following sentence un-academic:
It could have been that perhaps Mishima was embodying an anti-Western sentiment through this character.
Drawn out intro: ‘Mishima may have been…’
400
In order to support your thesis, you need to integrate textual _______
Evidence
400
True of false: your paragraph can have 2 main points as long as they are well supported
False
400
Q: What is wrong with the following in-text citation:
One metaphor that illustrates this is “ponderous house.” (Plath 3)
Sentence final quote should include punctuation after parentheses.
500
Q: Identify the grammar mistake:
The city court got to know Richard and I very well over the next few years.
A: “I” pronoun has wrong case.
500
Q: What makes the following sentence un-academic:
All readers find Joseph Conrad’s prose overwhelmingly dense at first.
A: Overgeneralization
500
Q: Is the following a claim or a description?
Shelton’s story shows a man struggling with his inability to speak and connect to those around him.
A: A description
500
True or false: each essay must be five paragraphs long
False
500
Q: What is missing from this citation?
Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces. New York: Grove Press, 1980.