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Punctuation and Grammar
Language
Rhetorical Moves
Class Movies
100
2 individual clauses separated by a comma. Example: Jane needed milk, she went to the market.
What is a comma splice?
100
Words characteristic of ordinary, everyday conversation rather than formal speech.
What is colloquial language or informal language?
100
Aristotle described this rhetorical move as an appeal to logic and reason.
What is logos?
100
In her TED talk, Elizabeth Gilbert said that the Ancient Greeks believed each artist had one of these living in the wall of their studio.
What is a genius?
200
A sentence that does not have both a subject and a verb. Example: Visited Costa Rica on vacation.
What is an incomplete sentence or sentence fragment?
200
A type of poetry that utilizes newspaper text and a black marker.
What is blackout poetry?
200
The first sentence(s) of an essay that grab readers’ attention.
What is a hook?
200
In Michael Moore's movie "Sicko," he discovered that this country provided in-home, government help for new mothers.
What is France?
300
1.A punctuation mark used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.
What is a comma?
300
An example of this type of language is Her eyes were deep blue like the ocean.
What is a simile?
300
Aristotle described this as an appeal to reader's emotions.
What is pathos?
300
In Michael Moore's movie, Sicko, what country's health care system sewed on all five fingers after a man lost them in an accident?
What is Canada?
400
A piece of punctuation that represents a full stop.
What is a period?
400
An example of this type of description: Our father prowls the house, thumping into furniture, slamming doors, turning the pages of the newspaper with a savage crackle.
What is auditory description?
400
A sentence in an essay that identifies the main idea and central purpose of the text.
What is a thesis?
400
In Michael Moore's movie, Sicko, what country did 911 rescue workers travel to in order to have their medical conditions treated?
What is Cuba?
500
A mark of punctuation used to connect independent clauses and suggest a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.
What is a semicolon?
500
The final stage of the writing process in which a writer scans and improves a draft by correcting mechanical errors, eliminating unnecessary words, and checking organization with the intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete work.
What is proofreading?
500
Framing your quotation with an introduction before and an explanation afterward.
What is a quotation sandwich?
500
In Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk, what did she say poet, Ruth Stone, had to do when she heard a poem thundering across the field toward her?
What is run to the house for a paper and pen?