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Capitalization
Complete Sentences
Put into Practice
Dialogue
Homophones
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The sentence: (He bought a house on sunset boulevard.) is missing this rule for capitalization.
What is capitalizing the names of streets and roads?
100
This is needed at the end of a complete sentence.
What is punctuation, like a period, question mark, or exclamation point?
100
(I ran home quickly there was a message waiting for me at the door no one was home.) is an example of this common error.
What is a run-on sentence?
100
This is the name of the punctuation mark used when using dialogue.
What is quotation marks?
100
The definition of homophone.
What is two or more words having the same sound but different meanings?
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The sentence: (she walked into the mysterious wilderness with worry painted on her wrinkled brows.) is missing this capitalization rule.
What is capitalizing the first word in each sentence?
200
A sentence, which can stand on it's own is often referred to as this.
What is an independent clause?
200
Two solutions that can be used when fixing run-on sentences.
What is using conjunctions and the of a semi-colon?
200
This rule must be used when the story switches from one character speaking to another.
What is indenting/starting a new paragraph?
200
This commonly misused homophone can be used to describe a location, to show the possession(s) of a group of people, or to create a contraction.
What is there (location), their (possession),or they're (contraction of they and are)?
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The sentence: (As donna walked further, she came across a disturbing sight within the dark wood.) is missing this capitalization rule.
What is capitalizing the names of people?
300
Words like and, but, for, yet, or, so are referred to as this.
What is a conjunction?
300
This is needed in order to make the following a complete sentence: The beautiful mermaid in the deep blue, sparkling sea.
What is a verb?
300
In the following example, this punctuation mark is missing: He said in a stern voice "You listen to me, and you listen to me now!"
What is a comma? (He said in a stern voice, "You...)
300
This commonly misused homophone can be used to describe moving from one thing to another or to propel something in the air.
What is through(moving from one thing to another) or threw (propel in the air)?
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The sentence (In his play, "the monsters are due on maple street," Serling reveals the real weapons that are used to destroy mankind.) is missing this capitalization rule.
What is capitalizing titles of books, plays, films, etc. ?
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When two or more independent clauses are joined together without appropriate punctuation or conjunction, you run into this problem.
What is run-on sentences?
400
This is needed in order to make the following a complete sentence: But he ran into the water to see the mermaid.
What is a complete thought?
400
This many commas belong in the following example: "I believe" she cried "each of us deserves the same chance."
What is 2? ("I believe," she cried, "each of us deserves the same chance.")
400
This commonly misused homophone can be used to describe the direction of something, a number, or an extended degree of something for emphasis.
What is to (direction of something), two (number) or too (emphasize an extended degree of something)?
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The sentence: (The patriots just recently beat the sea hawks in the 2015 Superbowl.) is missing this rule for capitalization.
What is capitalizing names of organizations/teams?
500
These 3 elements are needed in order to have a complete sentence.
What is a verb, subject, and complete thought?
500
Starting a sentence with a conjunction often leads to this problem.
What is a sentence fragment?
500
This rule is missing within the following example: "I am so tired," She uttered with her eyes downcast, "Of having this same old conversation."
What is do not capitalize words that do not begin a new sentence, even when they are interrupted by dialogue tags/narration? ("I am so tired," she uttered with her eyes downcast, "of having this same old conversation."
500
This commonly misused homophone can be used to ask about a location, indicate one's clothing, or can act as a contraction.
What is where (ask about location), wear (indicate clothing), or we're (contraction of the words we and are)?