Vocabulary
This word is defined as "a thing that is added, an appendix or addition to a book or written document."
What is an addendum?
This part of speech can be sorted into two categories: common and proper.
What are nouns?
Two related, complete sentences can usually be joined together with a colon, a semicolon, or a comma and this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
These punctuation marks consist of three dots and are used in a quotation to indicate that part of the original text has been omitted.
What are ellipses?
In the acronym "CER," the "E" stands for this term.
What is evidence?
As a noun, this word is defined as "one who is wasteful and self-indulgent."
What is a prodigal?
The italicized word in the following passage is an example of this part of speech.
"The frequent flyer disdains crying babies."
What is a verb?
In the following passage, this is an example of a word that is followed by a comma to introduce a quote.
Maya Angelou _______, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
What is "wrote," "declared," "asserted," or a similar descriptive verb?
These punctuation marks can be used to add or change words inside a quote.
What are brackets?
These three words are all pronounced identically but are used entirely differently. One of these words refers to a specific place or location.
What are "there," "their," and "they're"?
"Unselective" is a synonym of this word.
What is "Indiscriminate"?
The italicized word in the following passage is an example of this part of speech.
The student felt an ethical responsibility intensely compelling him to report the plagiarism to the teacher.
What is an adverb?
This part of a sentence occurs twice in the following passage.
"After dinner, the kids were all aghast, listening intently to their grandfather's ghost stories."
What is a prepositional phrase?
These punctuation marks should appear within quotation marks if they are a part of the quoted passage, but after the in-text citation if they are a part of your own words.
What are exclamation points and question marks?
In MLA formatting, the titles of longer works (like movies, books, or newspapers) are typed in this style.
What are italics?
This vocab word is the best fit for the following sentence.
"A terrifying _______ appeared in the doorway."
What is an apparition?
The words "for" and "so" are both examples of this specific subset of a part of speech.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
These are the two mistakes in the following passage:
"Sams facetious comment about seriousness of the situation earned her a few raised eyebrows."
What are a missing possessive apostrophe and a definite article?
A full sentence followed by this punctuation mark is an effective way to lead into longer quotes.
What is a colon?
The slashes in the following quoted passage are used to express this element of the original text.
"I have outwalked the furthest city light. // I have looked down the saddest city lane."
What is a stanza break?
This definition belongs to a word derived from the Ancient Greek epitaphion, originally meaning "a funeral oration."
What is a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone?
The italicized word in the following passage is an example of this part of speech.
"The dog cowered between its owner's legs at the sound of a thundering boom from the passing storm."
What is an adjective?
This is the following passage being successfully introduced using the method best suited for longer quotes.
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." --John F. Kennedy
What is "John F. Kennedy offered timeless advice: 'Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future'" or any other variation of a full sentence plus a colon?
This punctuation mark is misused in the following sentence.
"Strewn wildly around the room, the many book's pages were torn to shreds, providing ample evidence of a volatile outburst from someone who had previously had access to the space."
What is an apostrophe?
Veronica Roth writes in Divergent, "Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up." This quote comes from chapter 24, page 128, line 29. If this quote were to be used in an MLA-styled paper, this would be the proper in-text citation.
What is (Roth 128)?