Essay Quiz: Structure, comma rules, and parts of speech
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What does an introductory paragraph include?
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1. Hook 2. Relevant background Info. 3. Thesis statement
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What does a body paragraph include?
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1. Topic sentence 2. Example (with MLA citation) 3. Explanation of example
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What does a closing paragraph include?
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1. Rephrase Thesis 2. Summary of Reasons 3. Closure with call to action and importance
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How many body paragraphs are in a 5-paragraph essay?
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3
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Serves as the road map for an essay. It states what the writing will prove and is usually written near the end of the introduction.
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Thesis Statement
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Usually written at the beginning of the paragraph and tells what a paragraph is about.
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Topic Sentence
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a person, place, thing or idea (know proper vs. common)
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noun
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expresses action or state of being
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verb
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modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
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adjective
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expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence
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interjection
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shows relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence
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preposition
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used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns
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pronoun
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joins words or groups of words (ex. for, and, nor, but, or, so)
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conjunction
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modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
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adverb
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The commas are placed correctly in the following sentence (True/False): After dinner I cleaned the dishes, walked the dog, and did a load of laundry.
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True (items in a list or series)
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The comma is placed correctly in the following sentence (True/False): I went to the Super Bowl party and I brought, a seven layer taco dip.
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False (conjunction) I went to the Super Bowl party, and I brought a seven layer taco dip.
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The comma is placed correctly in the following sentence (True/False): After spring break, my teacher gave us a test.
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True (introductory phrase)
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The commas are placed correctly in the following sentence (True/False): Harvard college, founded in 1636, is the oldest college in the United States.
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True (interrupter)
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The commas are placed correctly in the following sentence (True/False): Since I did not study, for the North America test, I was not able to identify parts of Canada.
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False (compound sentences) Since I did not study for the North America test, I was not able to identify parts of Canada.
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When Taylor Swift sings, "...little did I know, that you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles, and my daddy said, 'Stay away from Juliet'" she is using what literary device?
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Allusion
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A seemingly contradictory statement or event that is however, true. e.g. We learn from history that we don't learn from history.
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Paradox
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The author's word choice
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Diction
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The comma is placed correctly in the following sentence: The Super Bowl is on January 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
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False. The Super Bowl is on January 5, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
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Either Or, Neither__________
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Nor
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Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
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Mood
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A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and sentence structure.
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Tone
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A universal truth about life or the human condition, revealed in the work.
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Theme
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False, they should always be a complete sentence
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True or False. Theme statements are sometimes complete sentences.
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A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the main idea of the paragraph and unites it with the work's thesis.
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Topic Sentence
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True or False. Novel titles go in quotes.
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False. Novel titles are italicized.
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A contrast between expectation and reality
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Irony
