Punctuation used to connect two independent clauses (complete sentences) that are closely related. No conjunction is needed when you use this...
What is a semicolon?
100
The kind of writing in which you discuss how two things or ideas are alike and how they are different.
What is compare-contrast writing?
100
They was going to the party, but they changed their minds.
What is subject-verb agreement? (Change WAS to WERE)
100
The cat licked (its / it's) paws.
What is "its." ("It's" means "it is"; "its" shows posession.)
200
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so - also referred to as the "Fan Boys" are this part of speech. They are used to connect things together.
What is a conjunction?
200
The punctuation used when you want to connect two independent clauses (complete thoughts) using a conjunction. This punctuation will prevent your combination from being a run-on.
What is a comma?
200
The type of writing in which you create a clear mental image of a person, place, or thing using effective imagery and details.
What is descriptive writing?
200
I stay away from drugs because it's nothing but trouble.
What is agreement in number? (The word "drugs" is plural, therefore "it's" should be "they're.")
200
A subject, a verb, and a complete thought
What is a sentence?
300
The punctuation we use with the title of an article, poem, or song
What is quotation marks?
300
The type of writing in which the author gives an account of what happened or tells a story.
What is narrative writing?
300
Walking down the street on a windy day, my hat blew off.
What is a dangling modifier? (My hat did not walk down the street by itself. I did the walking.)
300
__1.___ is the tree that fell on _ 2.__ house during the storm. __3.__ going to be so mad!
Place correctly: their, they're, there
THERE is the tree that fell on THEIR house during the storm. THEY'RE going to be so mad!
400
The words who, which, and that can serve as the subject of their clauses; whom, which, and that can serve as the direct object or object of a preposition. These words are ___?
What are relative pronouns?
400
When Fernando DeSoto came from Spain to the New World in search of gold ___ he had many conflicts with the Cherokee.
(In the blank should there be any punctuation? If so, what?)
What is a comma? (It is needed after a long introductory phrase).
400
The type of writing which describes a series of things that can be observed, such as a caterpillar becoming a butterlfly or a chick hatching from its egg, or tells how to do something.
What is process writing?
400
Harvey is a better swimmer than me.
What is pronoun case? "Me" is objective, and you need "I" which is nominative/subject case.
400
a lot, good, nice, really, very, beautiful, great....
What are boring, tired, overused words that we should avoid in our writing?
500
This part of speech can come after a semicolon to show transition between ideas, as in the example:
"Juan said he was so full that he could burst; however, he ate a second piece of cake."
What is a conjunctive adverb? Others are: furthermore, nevertheless, and meanwhile.
500
He gave me a bright red rubber ball.
(What punctuation, if any, is needed here?)
No punctuation needed. You cannot say a rubber red bright ball. If the adjectives can be reversed, you use commas.
500
The kind of writing that it most often organized spatially.
What is descriptive? (Exemplification can be spatially organized, also.)
500
The passengers were safe from the sharks in the boat.
What is a misplaced modifier? (The sharks were not in the boat; the passengers were.)
500
If I pick some characteristics of two people or things or situations, and I talk about the two people as they relate to the characteristics, what type of organization is that?
What is part-to-part organization for a compare/contrast paper.