This is the task that "expository" writing asks you to perform.
What is explain?
100
Fix this sentence:
Sally ate her hamburger too quickly consequently she had to run to the bathroom to throw up.
What is ;consequently,
100
What is this fragment missing?
As the wind blew quickly across my face, standing on the hillside.
What is the subject, helping verb
100
Looking at the glass half full; a positive outlook.
What is optimism?
200
"Delicious Death" is an example this literary term.
What is oxymoron or alliteration?
200
These are the main parts of an effective essay.
What are introduction, body, and conclusion?
200
FANBOYS stands for...
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
200
Fix this run-on.
I hated the fact that she was always ready faster than me yet I would never ever say anything to her face.
What is ,yet
200
He skipped in a JAUNTY manner, completely ignoring the stress of the impending literacy exam. [meaning and part of speech.]
What is having a carefree, self confident manner - adjective
300
"The wind roared and shook the house, flexing its muscles" is an example of this term.
What is personification?
300
These are two ways you can improve your "style" score on the essay.
What are improved vocabulary, sentence variety, relevant information, personality
300
Fix the following sentence.
Hello said Jane I was hoping to catch you before I left for class. How are you?
What is "Hello" "I.......you?"
300
As was common for many writers during the
1940s, Chandler turned to screenwriting to
earn the money his novels could not provide
in mid-1943, he signed a contract with
Paramount Pictures to work on a screenplay
with the director Billy Wilder.
What error is shown?
What is a comma splice.
300
The extra study guide was completely superfluous as the class already had the necessary information. [Meaning and part of speech]
What is extra, unnecessary, a surplus; adjective
400
A reference to another literary work; sounds like a magic trick.
What is allusion?
400
You can answer on this part of the test with a diagram, chart, list, or graphic organizer.
What is the reading open response.
400
The island of Sri Lanka formerly called
Ceylon is home to many types of wildlife.
Where do we need commas and why?
What is Lanka, Ceylon, because it is not needed information
400
What is the difference between a fused sentence and a comma splice?
What is a comma. Comma splice has a comma separating 2 complete sentences; a fused one has nothing.
400
These are the comparative and superlative forms of the word "thin"
What are thinner, thinnest?
500
An instance of placing two ideas close to one another in order to emphasize a comparison or contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
500
This kind of reading OR technically asks for 6 different parts, not just the normal 4.
What is a compare/contrast OR?
500
This subordinating conjunction never takes a comma.
What is because?
500
Describe the 4 ways to connect these 2 independent clauses correctly.
My mom hates my hair
She wishes I would cut it
What is hair, and (or any FANBOYS) ; ;therefore, .
500
I expected a well-developed and detailed response when I asked her to prom, but her LACONIC answer simply read "NO." [Meaning and part of speech]