Vocabulary
Traverse
:travel across or through
either...?
or
between...?
and
The younger of three children, Michelle Kwan began skating at the age of five and soon proved a better skater than either of her siblings.
What is wrong with this sentence?
"younger" is should be "youngest"
What Is The Teacher's Name? (MY NAME?)
And what does she do?
Hannah.
She is a university student.
Prudent
:wise; acting w/or showing care & thought for the future
Explain the following...
Their
They're
There
Their: is the possessive of 'they'
They're: they are
There: indicates a place
True or False?
The order of a basic positive sentence is... SUBJECT-VERB-OBJECT
True
E.g.
-John loves Mary
-They were driving their car to Long Island
The president of the publishing company said that her firm sold more electronic books in the first 4 months of 2008 "as they sold" in all of 2007.
a) as they sold
b) as it did
c) than was sold
d) than they have
e) than it did
Correct answer:
e) than it did
What is the difference between "mood" and "tone"?
Mood: how we are made to feel as readers/the emotion evoked by the author
Tone: the attitudes conveyed by the author/author's attitude toward a subject
What does "magick" mean?
:the archaic (old fashioned) spelling of magic
a) to devote yourself
b) to devote themselves
c) to all devote oneself
d) that each devote yourself
e) for them to devote themselves
b) to devote themselves
Farmers who face droughts, tornados, and having falling prices for their crops must often work long hours seven days a week.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Explain why.
"having falling prices" is wrong because it's listing.
Listing = consistency
Although natural changes account for the extinction of some bird species, human actions such as "excessive hunting, habitats being destroyed, and predators being introduced" are more common causes.
What is wrong with the sentence in quotes?
So it should be...
"excessive hunting, the destruction of habitats, and the introduction of predators"
How much water is present in a watermelon?
92%
Substantiate
:provide evidence to support/prove the truth of
What is a dangling modifier?
A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. A modifier describes, clarifies, or gives more detail about a concept.
Although best known for her voice-over work in Japanese cartoons, actress Kyoko Kishida also starred in the bleak 1964 film 'Woman in the Dunes'.
What is wrong with this sentence?
No error.
Although best known for her voice-over work in Japanese cartoons, actress Kyoko Kishida also starred in the bleak 1964 film 'Woman in the Dunes'.
No error.
5+5+5=550?
Draw one line to complete the problem.
Change the "+" into a 4.
So...
545+5=550
Indelible
: making marks that cannot be removed
What is a comma splice?
What is one way to fix a comma splice? (Hint: there's 3 ways)
A comma splice is particular kind of comma mistake that happens when use a comma to join two independent clauses.
1. Add a conjunction: add "and", "but", or "so"
2. Change the comma to a semicolon: unlike commas, semicolons "are" strong enough to glue two independent clauses together
3. Make Separate Sentences: simply make each independent clause a separate sentence
The great sixteenth-century Mughal ruler Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar turning his city into a center of learning and inviting holy men from all of India's different religions to come to discuss metaphysics.
a) turning his city into a center of learning and inviting
b) turning his city into a center of learning, and he invited
c) turning his city into a center of learning by inviting
d) turn his city into a center of learning, he invited
e) turn his city into a center of learning by inviting
e) turned his city into a center of learning by inviting
Bottlenose dolphins communicate, as do many marine mammals, using specialized whistles-high-pitched vocalizations that carry well in an aquatic environment. What distinguishes bottlenose dolphins from "the calls of other marine mammals" is how they use their whistles.
Is this sentence correct?
IT'S WRONG.
It's comparing bottle dolphins to the calls of other marine mammals.
The correct answer should have been...
"what distinguishes bottlenose dolphins from other marine mammals..."
2>5
0>2
5>0
What fits the inequalities below?
Rock, paper, scissors