Writing, Grammar, and Text Structure

The following sentence is an example of which comma rule?
Garfield,​ get out of the kitchen!

• set off an interrupting phrase
• set off an introductory phrase 
• When you are directly speaking to someone else (direct address). 
• combine compound sentences with a conjunction

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I have to do my homework, wash the dog, and babysit, my little, sister. 
• I have to do my homework, wash the dog, and babysit my little sister. 
• I have to do my homework, wash the dog, and, babysit my, little sister. 
• I have to do my homework wash the dog and babysit my little sister. 

How is the following passage structured? (The BEST answer)
Apple refused to cooperate with government agencies in February of 2016.  They want to protect the privacy of their customers.  But this week government officials announced they now have the technology to "break into" the cell device and will no longer be needing Apple's help.

• chronological order
• order of importance
• cause and effect
• problem and solution

What is third person omniscient Point of View?

• when the narrator, which is usually the main character  is telling the story from his or hers perspective.
• is a narrator that tells a story using the word YOU which places the reader in the story 
• The position which a narrator sees and understands what is happening 
•  the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. 

 a feeling or a meaning attached to a word or words, affects the reader's mood 

• oxymoron
• symbolism
• connotation
• denotation

When you restate your thesis, you should:

• Change the words, but keep the overall meaning similar
• Use the first sentence from your first body paragraph
• Copy it word-for-word
• Use the last sentence from your second body paragraph

Which thesis statement is the BEST? 

• All dogs go to heaven.
• This essay will discuss dogs and heaven.
• Dogs are similar to people and have feelings such as humans.
• Do you like dogs?

How do mountains like these disappear? The process begins with rain. As it rains, water seeps through cracks and joints in the stone. Chemicals in the water dissolve small grains of rock. Later on, the water freezes and thaws, prying loose bigger pieces of rock. These rocks grind against other rocks as they slide downhill. The wind carries away particles of dust behind by these grinding rocks. In the end it can be said that wind, water, and gravity have hauled away these mountains.

• compare and contrast
• directions
• cause and effect
• problem solving

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after
• cause, effect, as a result of, because
• problem, solution, promise, struggle
• compare, contrast, similar, different

Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.

• therefore, cause, effect, consequently
• later, then, next, Monday
• similar, different, common, on the other hand
• possibility, struggle, hope, problem