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Read this sentence:

Bridger is not a man of idle curiosity he is an explorer

Which revision of the sentence shows correct punctuation?

• Bridger is not a man of idle curiosity, he is an explorer.

• Bridger is not a man of idle curiosity; he is an explorer.

• Bridger, is not a man of idle curiosity he is an explorer.

• Bridger is not a man of idle curiosity--he is an explorer.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Iza includes this statement in her argumentative essay:

I believe that college students should control all of their own finances because they possess the intellectual capability and emotional maturity to do so.

This is Iza's ____________ statement.

• Position

• Evidence

• Thesis

• Counterclaim

Which sentence from the essay must contain a citation of a source in the final draft of the essay?

• As humans, we were no longer bound to the gravity of our small, blue boat.

• Many scientific discoveries, both direct and indirect, came out of the shuttle program.

• Over the following thirty years, the five shuttles collectively made 135 flights into orbit.

• Placing the Hubble Telescope in orbit allowed scientists to study distant stars and solar systems.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: The sentence below is parallel.

In the restroom, Tasha was brushing her hair, freshening her lipstick, and took deep breaths trying to work up the courage to walk to her speech class.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Identify the dependent clause in the sentence below:

When Ambika moved to the United States, she was five-years-old.

• When Ambika moved to the United States,

• She was five-years-old.

A motif from The Great Gatsby is

• The weather

• The mansion

• Gatsby's smile

• The Owl-Eyed Man

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

True or False:

Restrictive clauses must include commas.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

True or False:

Author's names are listed alphabetically in reverse order on the Works Cited page.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When documenting a source by one author in a parenthetical citation, which is correct?

• This point has been argued before . (Frye, Glen 197)

• "This point has been argued before." (p. 197)

• "This point has been argued before" (p. 197).

• "This point has been argued before" (Frye 197).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In argumentative writing, the counterclaim is:

• The evidence you cite from your research

• The claim you are making

• The claim the opposing side would make

• Your thesis statement