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Grammar Girl 2.0
Read It Again
Writing Roadblocks
Opinionated
Getting Personal
100
A semi-colon is used to separate a list that already contains commas. It can be called this.
What is a super comma?
100
In "Grand Thefts," the author is addicted to this game.
What is Grand Theft Auto?
100
Don’t ever use a definition or quote or this as a lead on a story.
What is a question?
100
Opinion writers should use these to support their point of view.
What is facts?
100
Essi's personal essay was about this place, which she has come to hate.
What is an airport?
200
When trying to decide whether lie or lay is correct, it might help to think of this Eric Clapton song, which uses the word incorrectly.
What is "Lay Down Sally?"
200
In “A Gown for Lindsey Rose,” the story opens with Lois Bineshtarigh sewing a tiny gown. The woman’s occupation is this.
What is a nurse?
200
Unless it is an opinion piece, avoid this type of ending, which can be a little preachy.
What is the sermonette?
200
Oped is short for these two words.
What is opinion and editorial?
200
Wesley's hometown is in this city.
What is Arlington, Texas
300
If you want a more dramatic pause in your writing, use one of these.
What is a dash?
300
In the story “On Valentine's Day, a boy's rite of passage is finding the right words,” the boy goes here to get his girlfriend a gift.
What is the Hallmark store?
300
Using specific nouns and verbs reduces the need for these.
What are modifiers?
300
This type of opinion is drawn.
What is an editorial cartoon?
300
Lucie wrote about being in this condition for four days.
What is a coma?
400
Apostrophes have two main uses in the English language: they stand in for something that's missing, and they can be used to indicate this
What is possession?
400
In "The End of the Waffle House," who is the man who walks with a cane in the story?
What is the owner?
400
When you change the words of a quote it’s called this.
What is misquoting?
400
Besides what the author thinks, opeds should include this.
What are opposing arguments?
400
The name of Bryce's trivia team
What is the Stoned Assassins?
500
This is Grammar Girl's real name
What is Mignon Fogarty?
500
In “All She has, $150,000, is going to a University,” Oseola McCarty’s went on vacation once, to this scenic place.
What is Niagara Falls?
500
Writing for journalism is vastly different than writing for English composition. The lead of a journalism story is called this in English composition.
What is a topic sentence?
500
Unless you are sharing a personal anecdote to illustrate your point, opeds should be written in this person.
What is the third person?
500
Viki wrote about these kind of people.
What is kryptonite?