DE H English NoRedInk Practice

What is this? Dr. John Watson flipped the burgers with a shovel.

A complete sentence

What is this? Nicole Watterson's invisible hat.

A fragment

What is this? Tied ribbons to Nessie Cullen's kite.

A fragment

Active or Passive? Eugene Krabs is not sitting in the hammock by the river until summer.

Active

Active or Passive? Richard Watterson shouted at the ghost.

Active

Run on, comma splice, or correct? Nicole Watterson waved a wand, her dog grew wings.

COMMA SPLICE

Run on, comma splice, or correct? I ran a half marathon today, my sister sat at home and watched TV.

Comma spliceeee

Run on, comma splice, or correct? Princess Fiona watches television, and her cat watches birds.

Correct!

Misplaced or Dangling Modifier A curious animal, Darwin Watterson's living room was explored by his pet lizard.

Dangling

Misplaced or Dangling Modifier Eowyn's laptop was shut down after buying new earmuffs on Amazon.

Dangling

True or false You always capitalize the first letter after a semicolon.

FALSE

Misplaced or Dangling Modifier Arwen held up her lantern exploring the cave.

Misplaced

Misplaced or Dangling Modifier Dwight Schrute had to remove the tires trying to fix the eighteen-wheeler's brakes.

Misplaced

Misplaced or Dangling Modifier With the leaky tire, the petting zoo was too far away for Legolas to ride his bike there.

Misplaced

Are these parallel? When we discussed and debated my plans for the future, Treebeard suggested I start training for the Olympics, to apply to clown college, or raising rare horses.

NO

Is the B supposed to be capital? According to the review, Sauron's restaurant has the "Best waffles in town."

NOPE

Misplaced or Dangling Modifier Climbing down the rope ladder, Richard Watterson realized he left his hula hoop in the tree house.

No error

It the B supposed to be lowercase? Dr. John Watson stated confidently, "Because I'm on the case, the mystery will be solved by tomorrow."

No it's right!!

Are these parallel? Even before Rosalie Hale became a spy, she knew how to write, sending, and decoding secret messages.

Nuh uh

Active or Passive? Dr. John Watson's sculpture is being purchased by the millionaire.

Passive

Active or Passive? Esme Cullen's striped socks were forgotten at the laundromat.

Passive

Active or Passive? The posters will be signed by Sheldon Plankton after his performance.

Passive

According to psychologist Robert Sternberg, wisdom means using one's abilities not just for selfish ends, but instead to help achieve a common good. Original Quote: Wisdom is about using your abilities and knowledge not just for your own selfish ends and for people like you. It's about using them to help achieve a common good...

Plagiarism

After Jeannette Rankin became the first woman member of the US Congress, other women followed in her footsteps, although the vast majority of congresspeople are still men. Original Quote: When [Jeannette] Rankin was elected, she said, "I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won't be the last." She was right. Before long, other women followed in her footsteps. Today, 104 of Congress's 535 members are women.

Plagiarism

In fact, nearly 2 million people visit Alaska each year, intrigued by the state's scenic national parks and abundant wildlife. Original Quote: Each year, nearly 2 million people visit Alaska to see its scenic national parks and abundant wildlife, including grizzly bears, moose, bald eagles, and whales.

Plagiarism

Though Ponyboy loves his brother, he admits that sometimes Sodapop has too much energy, and no way to blow it off (Hinton 14). Original Quote: I can understand why Sodapop and Steve get into drag races and fights so much, though—both of them have too much energy, too much feeling, with no way to blow it off.

Plagiarism

Run on, comma splice, or correct? Squidward Tentacles ate cotton candy his fingers turned blue.

RUN ON

Run on, comma splice, or correct? Patrick Star's cat plays the piano she has many fans.

Run on

A New York Times article explains that whales lived on land and had hooves before they evolved into marine animals. Original Quote: Whales have an interesting evolutionary history. They began as land-dwelling, hoofed mammals some 50 million years ago. Over several millions of years they developed fins and became marine creatures.

Strong paraphrase

According to the BBC, Adrian Fisher is the most successful maze designer alive today, thanks to the huge number of mazes he has built around the world. Original Quote: Adrian Fisher is the world's leading maze designer, having created more than 700 mazes across 32 countries since 1979.

Strong paraphrase

True or false You never capitalize the first letter after a colon.

True! Noredink is picky about this, but it doesn't matter too much

Is it the T supposed to be capital? Sherlock Holmes saw his sculpture on display and exclaimed, "This means I'm finally a real artist!"

YES

Is the T supposed to be capital? Legolas read the weather alert aloud: "there is going to be a flash flood this afternoon."

YES IT IS

Are these parallel? After settling in on the tropical island, ready to relax and explore, Michael Scott plans to climb to the top of the waterfall, leap off the edge, and splash into the lake.

YUP

Is the W supposed to be capital? Gumball Watterson thought, "why is everyone so grumpy today?"

YUP

Are these parallel? When I saw Brad Pitt yesterday, he recommended buying a beekeeper suit, but not wearing it to the school dance.

Yes

The first letter of a quote is capitalized only after

a comma and a colon

Never use what when integrating a quote

a semicolon ;

Colon or semicolon? Here is my thought-- we need to carry in Bilbo Baggins's furniture before it starts raining.

colon :

Colon or semicolon? I have a question-- how does Aragorn make friends so easily?

colon :

Colon or semicolon? Jasper Hale asked an interesting question-- would the theme park let us in early if we paid extra?

colon :

Don't capitalize the first letter in the quote if

it is a flow quote

Colon or semicolon? After a busy week, Treebeard decided to play soccer in the park-- we went to the movies instead.

semicolon ;

Colon or semicolon? First, we need to get a ton of photos of Samwise Gamgee and the mayor--second, we have to post them all on Facebook.

semicolon ;

Colon or semicolon? The stamps in Frodo Baggins's collection are of great quality-- they are also hard to find.

semicolon ;