WorksheetsEssay Companion Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which sentence is better?
Macbeth returned to Glamis Castle to tell his wife that the king was coming to stay with them.
Macbeth returns to Glamis Castle to tell his wife that the king is coming to stay with them.
Identify the problem in this sentence:
Macbeth murders King Duncan for many reasons. One being his desire for power.
Nothing is wrong.
This is a run-on sentence.
This is a sentence fragment.
This is a comma splice.
Which sentence is better?
Gulliver is taught many lessons in rational behavior by the Houyhnynms.
The Houyhnynms teach Gulliver many lessons in rational behavior.
Which sentence is better?
I think the hero of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, is actually a hypocrite.
The hero of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, is actually a hypocrite.
Which sentence is better?
Lady Macbeth's relentless goadings finally spurs Macbeth into action.
Lady Macbeth's relentless goadings finally spur Macbeth into action.
Which sentence is better?
She was the last person whom I saw.
She was the last person who I saw.
Which sentence is better?
Give the credit to her and me.
Give the credit to she and I.
Which sentence is better?
Ellen and me no longer talk.
Ellen and I no longer talk.
Which sentence is better?
Seeing his blood stained hands, Macbeth's reaction is horrified dismay.
Seeing his blood stained hands, Macbeth reacts with horrified dismay.
Which sentence is better?
In a good essay the sentences are clear, concise, and logically coherent.
In a good essay the sentences are clear, concise, and follow each other logically.
Which sentence is better?
Pride and Prejudice reveals the superficiality of opinion and how people judge each other by the size of their income.
Pride and Prejudice reveals the superficiality of opinion and the tendency of people to judge each other by the size of their income.
Which sentence is better?
In Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who, Horton the elephant says that he hears a voice. This claim causes his friends to accuse him of being insane.
In Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who, Horton the elephant says that he hears a voice. This causes his friends to accuse him of being insane.
A formal documentation of another's work, research, and words.
Citation
Synthesis
Attribution
Commentary
Identify the problem in this sentence:
Huck Finn's father is an abusive parent he kidnaps his son, holds him prisoner, and nearly kills him in a drunken fit.
Sentence fragment
Run-on sentence
Comma splice
No problem
In A Clockwork Orange the elderly and defenseless do not choose to stay in their homes watching television, they are scared into doing so by the violence in the streets.
No problem
Sentence fragment
Run-on sentence
Comma splice
