Language Development: Conventions and Style

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a semicolon rule?

• ​You can only use a semicolon between two related independent clauses.

• ​You can also use a semicolon to join two related, or similar, sentences when using a conjunctive adverb.

• You can use a semicolon to separate items in a list if they have other punctuation.

• You can only use a semicolon to connect one independent clause and one dependent.

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun clause in the following sentence:

It has been a close race, and no one knows who will win the election.

• It has been a close race

• who will win the election

• no one knows

  no one knows who will win

Multiple Choice

Choose how the noun clause is used in the following sentence.

Whoever is singing needs to stop.

• Subject

• Predicate noun

• Direct object

• Object of the preposition

Sensory details use the five sense (sight, touch, taste, sound, smell) to make writing more descriptive.

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​What are sensory details?

Poll

Which sentence best displays the use of sensory details?

• My sister and I walked along the boardwalk each afternoon of our vacation. We watched the ocean and listened to the waves.

• My sister and I walked along the boardwalk one afternoon on our vacation. The hot boards warmed our bare feet. We watched the foam-covered waves topple over each other and then slide back into sea. The crashing water competed with the exuberant yells from the seagulls.

What is Alliteration?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• Vanessa’s vaccine defends her vulnerable body from the virus.

• Lucy jumps at least a hundred feet in the air.

• Joseph’s vaccine lowers his chances of getting the virus.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains consonance?

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore
• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
• Mike likes his new bike

Multiple Choice

What is an example of slant rhyme in poetry?

• cat/dog

• prove/love

• rain/sun

• blue/red

What are the types of Stanzas in Poetry?

Open Ended

A stanza of 6 lines is called a _________.