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This sentence states the main idea of paragraph (or whole essay). Choose from: Topic Sentence, Divide Text, Move Text, or Remove Text. One answer will be used twice.
What is a "topic sentence?"
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This type of sentence is considered a _________. Because it is snowing.
What is "a fragment?"
100
The baseball captain and players cheers the coach. Choose from: incorrect subject-verb agreement, verb tense error, incorrect pronoun reference, active/passive voice
What is "incorrect subject-verb agreement?" If one of the subjects is plural and one singular, make the verb agree with the subject nearest to it. The captain and players cheer the coach.
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First letter of the first word in a sentence, Proper names and titles, days of the week, holidays, The pronoun "I" Choose from: Capitalization Comma usage ( , ) apostrophe usage ( ' ) Quotation Marks ( " " ) Plurals
What is proper "capitalization?"
100
Delivering the mail, the dog chased the mailman. Choose from: Misplace Modifier, Dangling Modifier, Parallelism
What is a "misplaced modifier?" A misplaced modifier is a single word, phrase, or clause that does not point clearly to the word or words they modify. As a rule, related words usually should be kept together.
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When a paragraph contains two main ideas, it needs to be divided into two paragraphs. Choose from: Topic Sentence, Divide Text, Move Text, or Remove Text. One answer will be used twice.
What is "divide text?"
200
They went to the restaurant to enjoy a good meal it was crowded and noisy.
What is a "run-on sentence?"
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I go to the store and I bought milk. Choose from: incorrect subject-verb agreement, verb tense error, incorrect pronoun reference, active/passive voice
What is "verb tense error?" Go is a present tense verb. Bought is a past tense verb. Bought should be buy milk since these two events both occur at the same time.
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To separate items in a series, After an introductory phrase in a sentence, At the beginning and end of a phrase that interrupts the main thought, To introduce a quotation in a sentence. Choose from: Capitalization Comma usage ( , ) apostrophe usage ( ' ) Quotation Marks ( " " ) Plurals
What is proper "comma usage?"
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Planted in the spring, the man took care of his vegetable garden. Choose from: Misplace Modifier, Dangling Modifier, Parallelism
What is a "dangling modifier?" A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause which says something different from what is meant because modifiers are not placed next to their related words.
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Rearranging or Combining Sentences and Paragraphs sometimes, a piece of writing will be more effective if sentences are moved around or combined with another paragraph Choose from: Topic Sentence, Divide Text, Move Text, or Remove Text. One answer will be used twice.
What is "move text?"
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The baseball team was disappointed that they didn’t advance in the playoffs, their hopes for glory were dashed. Choose from: Comma Splice, Coordination, or Subordination
What is a "comma splice?" A comma splice occurs when a comma joins two independent clauses. It can be repaired by using one of the following: • make two sentences • separate the independent clauses with a semi-colon • use a comma and a coordinating conjunction
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The package was on the bus, but now it’s gone. Choose from: incorrect subject-verb agreement, verb tense error, incorrect pronoun reference, active/passive voice
What is "incorrect pronoun reference?" What is gone? The package or the bus? Clearer: The package was on the bus shortly before it left.
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Form possessives of nouns Show the omission of letters in contractions To show the plurals of letters Choose from: Capitalization Comma usage ( , ) apostrophe usage ( ' ) Quotation Marks ( " " ) Plurals
What is proper use of "apostrophes?" Fran's dog She is = She's It is = It's Have not = haven't Dot your i's and cross your t's
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She wanted to improve her health by sleeping more, eating healthier foods, and regular exercise. Choose from: Misplace Modifier, Dangling Modifier, Parallelism
What is "parallelism?" Related sentence parts must be presented in parallel form. Ex. She likes running, jumping, and to swim. (incorrect) She likes running, jumping, and swimming. (correct)
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Sometimes a paragraph contains a sentence that does not contribute to the main idea and should be deleted. Choose from: Topic Sentence, Divide Text, Move Text, or Remove Text. One answer will be used twice.
What is "remove text?"
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They left for vacation. They went to the Smokey Mountains. Their trip was ruined. Their car broke down. Choose from: Improper Coordination problem or Improper Subordination problem
What is "improper coordination?" Coordination: A series of short, choppy sentences that are related can be made more interesting by combining them to vary their length and structure. The relationship between joined sentences can be shown by using conjunctions, such as:and,or,but,so,yet,until,not only…but also,either…or
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The plane was ready for take-off and left on time. OR The plane left on time. Choose from: incorrect subject-verb agreement, verb tense error, incorrect pronoun reference, active/passive voice
What is "active/passive voice?" In most writing, use the active voice. It will make your writing clearer and less complicated.
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At the beginning and end of the exact words of speaker or writer To indicate titles of shorter works Choose from: Capitalization Comma usage ( , ) apostrophe usage ( ' ) Quotation Marks ( " " ) Plurals
What are "Quotation Marks?" The teacher said, “The homework will be due on Tuesday.” a poem
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I had to move the desk cleaning the room. Choose from: Misplace Modifier, Dangling Modifier, Parallelism
What is a "misplaced modifier?" A misplaced modifier is a single word, phrase, or clause that does not point clearly to the word or words they modify. As a rule, related words usually should be kept together.
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everything written in this paragraph must relate to one main sentence. Choose from: Topic Sentence, Divide Text, Move Text, or Remove Text. One answer will be used twice.
What is "a topic sentence?"
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You have to leave early. Why don’t you arrive a few days early. Choose from: Improper coordination problem or improper subordination problem
What is "improper subordination?" Subordination: Combines two ideas in a way that makes one idea more important than the other. The less important idea is dependent on-- or subordinate to--the more important idea. Common subordinate conjunctions: Whenever, After, Until,Before,Because,Since,Unless,Although,Even though
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Sally told Mary that she wanted the bills to go to her. Choose from: incorrect subject-verb agreement, verb tense error, incorrect pronoun reference, active/passive voice
What is "incorrect pronoun reference?" Who is her? Does her refer to Sally or Mary? Clearer: Making it clear to Mary, Sally said she wanted the bills to go directly to her.
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Add an “s” Add “es” to nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, - z, -ss Change “y” to “ies” with nouns ending in a consonant and “y” If there is a vowel before the “y” then add “s” Change a “f” or “fe” to “ves” Exceptions: roof, hoof, chief, believe, cliff Choose from: Capitalization Comma usage ( , ) apostrophe usage ( ' ) Quotation Marks ( " " ) Plurals
What are "plurals?" one dog two dogs two boxes three wishes four churches family - families candy - candies toy - toys knife - knives shelf – shelves
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Toppled by a strong wind, the crew removed the broken tree limbs. Choose from: Misplace Modifier, Dangling Modifier, Parallelism
What is a "dangling modifier?" A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause which says something different from what is meant because modifiers are not placed next to their related words.