Dead Giveaways

Which of the following is NOT a dead giveaway?

• Vague

• Repetition

• No Flow

• Metaphor/Simile

An example of vague writing is--

• I put my stuff away.

• I went shopping at Target this weekend.

• I was up too late last night watching Tik Toks.

• I'm going to tell you why I think friendship is important.

Kenny can clarify the meaning of his sentence by changing they to --

• the stuff he worked on

• this and that

• items and things

• his pencils and pencil tips

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 12 and 13?

• Huge flames shot out of the burner inside the balloon, which was heating the air.

• Huge flames shot out of the burner because the air inside the balloon was heated.

• Huge flames shot out of the burner, the flames heated the air inside the balloon.

• Huge flames shot out of the burner, heating the air inside the balloon.

The following sentence is an example of which dead giveaway?

Huge flames shot out of the burner inside the balloon, which was heating the air.

• No Flow

• Repetition

• Throwaway Writing

• Vague

The following sentence is an example of which dead giveaway?

Huge flames shot out of the burner because the air inside the balloon was heated.

• No Flow

• Repetition

• Throwaway Writing

• Vague

The following sentence is an example of which grammatical error?

Huge flames shot out of the burner, the flames heated the air inside the balloon.

• sentence fragment

• comma splice

• throwaway writing

• missing subject

Which of the dead giveaways is shown in the following sentence?

For more than an hour, Jayden, his father, and their fellow passengers floated high and floated way above the trees and the town.

• No Flow

• Repetition

• Throwaway Writing

• Vague

Which of the dead giveaways is shown in the following sentence?

For more than an hour, Jayden, his father, and their fellow passengers floated high above the trees and the town, which was way up high.

• No Flow

• Repetition

• Throwaway Writing

• Vague

What grammar error is shown in this sentence?

For more than an hour, Jayden, his father, and the other passengers floated they were high above the trees and the town.

• Run on

• Fragment

• Comma splice