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College Essay
Poetry
Research
Grammar
GRAB BAG
100
WHAT IS THE WORD LIMIT FOR A COMMON APPLICATION COLLEGE ESSAY?
250-650
100
"We real cool. We / left school. We" THESE LINES CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT STRUCTURAL POETIC DEVICE?
ENJAMBMENT
100
WHAT DO YOU CALL A DOCUMENT WHERE YOU COLLECT SOURCES, CITE THEM PROPERLY, SUMMARIZE THEM, AND EVALUATE THEM FOR RELIABILITY AND RELEVANCE?
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
100
Eating whoopie pies all day. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON?
FRAGMENT
100
WHAT IS THE NAME OF MR. RUSSELL'S FIRSTBORN CHILD?
RONAN
200
WHAT DO WE CALL THE CATCHY FIRST LINE OF AN ESSAY?
HOOK
200
SENTENCE : PARAGRAPH :: LINE : _________
STANZA
200
WHAT STYLE DID WE USE FOR OUR CITATIONS, ANNOTATIONS, REFERENCES, AND FORMAT IN OUR RESEARCH PAPERS? (HINT: THREE LETTERS)
MLA
200
WHAT DO WE CALL A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CANNOT STAND ON ITS OWN AS A FULL SENTENCE?
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
200
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LEE ACADEMY TEACHERS WAS NOT BORN IN MAINE? MR. LARRIVEE, MR. RUSSELL, MR. RICH, MRS. RITCHIE
MR. LARRIVEE
300
TO WRITE WITH GOOD MECHANICS MEANS TO WRITE WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO FIVE ELEMENTS. NAME FOUR OF THEM.
GRAMMAR, SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, CAPITALIZATION, FORMATTING
300
"My little horse must think it queer / To stop without a farmhouse near" WHAT ASPECT OF THE POEM IS BEING EMPHASIZED BY THE RHYTHM HERE?
THE GAIT OF THE HORSE
300
NAME THE TWO WEB DOMAINS (SUCH AS .COM) WHICH INDICATE THAT A SOURCE IS PROBABLY RELIABLE.
.EDU AND .GOV
300
I am a teenager; obviously, I like hanging out with my friends. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON
SENTENCE
300
WHAT IS MR. RUSSELL'S WIFE'S NAME?
KAEDE JOHNSON (OR MRS. JOHNSON OR ED JOHNSON)
400
"Running hasn't always been my passion. I used to be a committed equestrian." IDENTIFY THE WORD IN THIS EXCERPT WHICH IS MAKING IT INFORMAL.
HASN'T - NO CONTRACTIONS
400
WHAT DO WE CALL THE PATTERN OF STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES IN POETRY?
RHYTHM
400
WHEN EVALUATING A SOURCE, WHAT TWO THINGS DO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT?
RELIABILITY AND RELEVANCE
400
Although it is snowing, still have school today. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON?
FRAGMENT
400
LEE BORDERS FOUR "TOWNS." NAME THREE OF THEM.
LINCOLN, WINN, SPRINGFIELD, T3 R1
500
WHAT IS THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCE WHEREIN IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO USE INFORMAL ENGLISH IN A COLLEGE ESSAY?
IN A DIRECT QUOTATION
500
POETS LAYER MEANING IN THEIR POEMS IN SEVERAL WAYS BEYOND JUST THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE WORDS. WHAT IS ONE OTHER WAY?
THE STRUCTURE OF THE POEM, THE SOUND OF THE WORDS, THE FIGURATIVE MEANINGS OF THE WORDS
500
WHEN REFERENCING A SOURCE WITHIN THE WRITING OF YOUR PAPER, WHAT DO YOU PUT IN PARENTHESES?
THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME (OR A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE SOURCE'S TITLE IN QUOTATION MARKS) AND A PAGE NUMBER
500
THERE ARE FOUR MAIN WAYS TO FIX A RUN-ON SENTENCE. NAME THREE OF THEM.
BREAK IT UP WITH A PERIOD. USE A COMMA AND A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION. USE A SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION. USE A SEMICOLON.
500
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE LEE ACADEMY DINING HALL?
HUNTING LODGE