Commas, Semicolons and Colons
Parallelism
EOC vocab
Active/passive voice
Rhetoric
100

Which punctuation introduces a list?

What is a colon?

100

How do you make this sentence parallel? 

"She likes to go dancing, swimming, and to go fishing?"

What is "She likes to go dancing, swimming, and fishing." 

100

The EOC term for the following:

"A casual reference to something or someone historical, mythological, or biblical."

What is an allusion?

100

Correct the following sentence using active voice:

"The EOC was given by all of the English teachers." 

What is "All of the English teachers gave the EOC?"
100

What are the three types of rhetorical appeals?

What are ethos, pathos, and logos?

200

What punctuation is used to separate items in a series?

What is a comma?

200

Make the following sentence parallel:

"I wanted to go to dinner, to take a nap, and cook dessert. 

What is "I wanted to go to dinner, to take a nap, and to cook dessert"?
200

Which EOC term would the following be an example of:

Mrs. Moore is your English II teacher, but she always confuses her subject/verb agreement. 

What is situational irony?

200

What two elements are present in passive voice sentences? 

What are verbs of being/linking verbs and sometimes "by?"
200

This appeal uses statistics and numbers.

What is logic?

300

Which puctuation mark should be in the blank space in the following:

"English class is my favorite____ the teacher and the subject matter make it the best class of the day. 

What is a semicolon OR a comma and a conjunction

300

Which type of speech should you look at when trying to determine if a sentence is parallel? 

What are the verbs? 

300

The following is an example of this EOC term:

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore." 

What is alliteration?

300

The following sentence is written in which voice?

"When we came in the door, the light was switched on."

What is passive voice?

300

An ad with a sad songs and videos of dogs in kennels would be an example of what type of rhetorical appeal? 

What is pathos?

400
This type of punctuation can take the place of a period or a comma and a conjuction

What is a semicolon?

400

Make the following sentence parallel?

"His coworkers praised both his determination and the way he paid attention to detail."

What is "His coworkers praised both his determination and his attention to details. 

400

Which EOC term is the following an example of:

"He is a beast." 

What is a metaphor?

400

Which voice will the EOC correct answer choices be written in? 

What is active voice?

400

If someone discusses their college background and career history, they are trying to appeal to what? 

What is credibility/ethos?

500

This type of punctuation is used for emphasis and introduces an explanation

What is a colon?

500

What specific type of parallelism is the following"

"We shall fight on the beaches; we shall fight in the fields: we shall fight in the streets." 

What is anaphora?

500

Which EOC term would indicate something that may happen in the future? 

What is foreshadowing?
500

The following sentence is in which voice?

"After school was released, the bus took us all back home." 

What is active voice?

500

An ad with a famous football player drinking Gatorade would be an example of which appeal? 

What is ethos?