Peep the Punctuation
Let's talk conventions
Grammar Grumbles
Rhetorical Strategies
Mish Mash
100
This punctuation mark tells readers that the noun is possessive.
What is an apostrophe?
100
In academic writing, when referring to an author, one should always refer to that author by their first name.
(Example: F. Scott wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925.)
What is no!
Academic conventions maintain that writers always refer to an author by their first + last name or just last name. (Example: "F. Scott Fitzgerald" or "Fitzgerald").
100
This is a word that signals to the reader that a sentence is incomplete:
a. Comma splice
b. Run-on
c. Fragment
d. Cat
What is "c?" A fragment.
100
The Greek philosopher credited with being the father of rhetoric and rhetorical appeals
Who is Aristotle?
100
What is the first and last name of the French, Catholic saint whom the university is named after?
Who is Vincent DePaul?
200
A period should be placed where in the following example?
"She said that if she has another 8 am class, she will crash out"
What is inside the closing quotation marks?
200
True or false: in digital composition, you should use white space rather than indentation to separate paragraphs.
What is "true"?!
200
The following is an example of this common grammatical mistake.
"I am not angry with you, I am not happy with you, either."
What is a comma splice?
200
An appeal to the timeliness or urgency of the moment
What is exigency?
200
How many absences are you granted before they affect your grade?
What is 2?
300
The following sentence is correctly punctuated:
Many children, of working parents, walk home from school by themselves.
What is false?
Eliminate commas!
300
Which verb tense should you use when writing about art (texts, movies, poems, songs, paintings, photos)?
What is the present tense?
300
Enrolled in the Couch to 5K program in order to lower her heart rate and address anxiety.
The above is an example of a(n)
a. Run-on sentence
b. Fragment
c. Transition
What is "b," fragment?
300
The word for a writer's attitude towards their subject
What is "stance"?
300
Which of the following is not part of the rhetorical situation?
AuthorAudience
Purpose
Grammar
Context
What is grammar?
400
According to MLA, the title of a book, journal, or newspaper should bet set off with:
a. italics
b. bold
c. quotation marks
d. None of the above
What is a, italics?
400
The title of your paper should be bolded and italicized
What is "false"? Your title should be centered and appear above your first paragraph. It is not bolded or italicized or placed in larger font.
400
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
1. Jumping ahead to the last page, the book ended on a surprising note.
2. Jumping ahead to the last page, I found that the book ended on a surprising note.
What is 2? The first sentence contains a misplaced modifier: "I" is the one who jumps to the last page.
400
An appeal to the audience's emotions, values, or sensibilities
What is "pathos"?
400
The name of the Puerto Rican group of young people once living in Lincoln Park that evolved from a social group to a street gang to an activist group.
Who are the Young Lords?
500
What punctuation mark should follow the word "movie" to make this sentence correct?
She did not want to go to the movie [ ] however, she felt obligated.
What is a semicolon?
500
True or False:
For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks.
What is true?
500
The following sentence is correct:
As Martin searched for a great horned owl, he is taking photographs of all the birds he is seeing.
What is false?
[The sentence contains an unnecessary and confusing shift in verb tense.]
500
An appeal based on the character or credibility of the writer
What is "ethos"?
500
Which of the following is not a course goal for WRD 103:
a. Students should gain experience reading and writing in multiple genres and modalities
b. Students should develop the ability to read and evaluate the writing of others and to identify the rhetorical strategies at work in written texts.
c. Students should become familiar with literary terms and devices common to the field of English literature.
What is "c"? This ain't no English class.