Constitution
The Little Mermaid
Fix It
The Nose Tree
Fix It
The Elegant Essay
Presidential Trivia
100
The author of "Our Constitution Rocks!"
Who is Juliette Turner?
100
_________ ___________ of five or more words take commas.
What is a prepositional opener?
100
Preposition + noun, no ________
What are verbs?
100
This is known as an informative essay.
What is an expository essay?
100
The amount of states named after presidents.
What is 1?
200
Top level officials appointed by a president that may not be approved by the Senate, and who can therefore influence policy unchecked.
What is a Czar?
200
Nouns and pronouns do not always function as a __________.
What is a subject?
200
These are descriptive words that describe nouns and pronouns.
What are adjectives?
200
Also known as a descriptive essay.
What is a narrative essay?
200
This is the date that FDR signed the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?
What is December 8, 1941?
300
Article III, Section 2, Clause 3 preserves our right to a _______ by jury and a ____________ within the state in which the crime was committed.
What is a trial?
300
MC, MC
What is a comma splice?
300
was not = wasn't
What is a contraction?
300
This type of essay tries to convince the reader a belief of the author's.
What is a persuasive essay?
300
This horse-loving future president cheated on an eye exam to join the Calvary reserves in the 1930's?
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
Whenever an elected official leaves office unexpectedly, and the Senate happens to be at recess, the ___________ is in charge of filling the vacant slot.
Who is the president?
400
MC MC
What is a fused sentence?
400
____________ usually modify verbs or adjectives and answer the questions how, when, or where?
What is an adverb?
400
SEE
What is a Statement, Example, and Explanation?
400
This is the card game that Dwight D. Eisenhower played fanatically while planning for D-day.
What is bridge?
500
The ability of the Supreme Court to review the rulings of other inferior courts, such as district and circuit courts.
What is an appellate jurisdiction?
500
All __ _________ ___________ require a comma, even if they are short.
What is a #5 Clausal Opener?
500
Another name for this is "mega-topic statement".
What is a thesis statement?
500
This president revealed that the U.S. had a hydrogen bomb in his last State of the Union speech?
Who is Harry S. Truman?