Essay Styles
There/Their/They're
Punctuation
What's the Word
Research
100

This style is a well-told story, with vivid detail, about something significant - maybe an event, a challenge, or a memory. 

What is Personal Narrative Essay? 

100

Compared with the heave texture of Baroque music, the Classical style became known for [its/it's] lightness and simplicity. 

What is its?

100

This punctuation is placed around the titles of short works, such as articles, chapters, essays, or songs. 

What are quotation marks? 

100
This is something that writers do to fine-tune a text by examining it for correctness and precision. 

What is editing? 

100

Wording is repeated in the exact words of a known authority on your topic. 

What is a quote? 

200

This style is on a tightly-focused topic that is often researched, and usually demonstrates the most distant from the writer's personal opinions. 

What is Report Essay? 

200

The piano [raised/rose] to prominence over the harpsichord and clavichord in the Classical period. 

What is rose? 

200

This punctuation an be used to connect two independent clauses, and is often accompanied by a coordination conjunction. 

What is a comma? 
200

This is a statement that identifies the topic and main point of a piece of writing, giving readers an idea of what the text will cover. 

What is a thesis? 

200

Restating material from a source in your own words, using your own sentence structure. 

What is paraphrase? 
300

This style analyzes another text, giving attention to context, and a clear interpretation or judgment of the text. 

What is Rhetorical Analysis Essay? 

300

Some say that only the United States could [of/have] given birth to jazz. 

What is have?

300

This punctuation connects two independent clauses, but does not require a coordinating conjunction to signal the relationship. 

What is a semicolon?

300

A system of documentation that is used in the humanities, specifically in English. 

What is MLA style? 

300

Stating the main ideas in a source concisely and in your own words, generally as brief as possible. 

What is summarizing? 

400

This style states a claim, provides convincing evidence, appeals to readers' values, and carefully considers other positions. 

What is an Argument Essay

400

In general, Romantic music is more complex [than/then] earlier music. 

What is than? 

400

This punctuation is used to direct attention to the words that follow, such as a list, quotation, or explanation. 

What is a colon?

400

The use of another person's words, ideas, or even sentence structures without appropriate credit and documentation. 

What is plagiarism? 

400

This introduces quotations, paraphrases, and summaries, usually letting readers know who the author is and, if need be, something about their credentials. 

What is a signal phrase? 

500

This style presents a well-defined problem and a solution, with convincing argument, and a call to action. 

What is a Proposal Essay? 

500

Bach's music [lays/lies] at a kind of intersection of the northern German cotrapuntal style and the lively Italian style. 

What is lies?

500

This punctuation encloses supplemental details and digressions. 

What are parantheses?

500

Two or more independent clauses joined with only a comma is called this. 

What is a comma splice? 

500

When your research has led you to a possible answer to your question, try to formulate your answer as this. 

What is a tentative thesis?