Unit 3 Review

Question 1

saying as much as possible, as clearly as possible, in as few words as possible

Answer 1

conciseness

Question 2

combining two or more clauses in a way to show the relationship between the two ideas

Answer 2

subordination

Question 3

used to end a sentence and indicate and abbreviation

Answer 3

period

Question 4

the art of writing and speaking to persuade

Answer 4

rhetoric

Question 4

used to end a interrogative sentence

Answer 4

question mark

Question 5

used to end an exclamatory or imperative sentence

Answer 5

exclamatory mark

Question 6

used with a coordination conj. to join two independent clauses and used to indicate that works have been omitted/ to avoid a possible misreading

Answer 6

comma

Question 7

used to indicate a nonessential element in the sentence, to set off introductory phrases, to separate parts of dates/addresses, and to end the salutation of a friendly letter

Answer 7

comma

Question 8

used between ID clauses by itself or with a coordinating conj., if ID clauses are joined by transactional words, and with items in a series if the items int he series already contain commas in them

Answer 8

semicolon

Question 9

used in titles of books, magazines, newspaper, plays, works of art, and the names of ships trains aircraft and spacecraft

Answer 9

italics

Question 9

after the salutation of a business letter

Answer 9

colon

Question 9

used before a list of items, to introduce a statement is quotation that is formally introduced, between independent clauses when the second clauses gives a fuller explanation, and btwn the Bible verses and time references

Answer 9

colon

Question 10

used when words, letters, and numbers are referred to a such and used in foreign words and phrases that have not been accepted as English

Answer 10

italics

Question 11

used to divide a word at the end of a line, compound numbers 21-99, in all fractions, with most compound adjective used before a noun

Answer 11

hyphen

Question 12

used with the prefixes all and ex, the suffix, elect, and with the prefixes before a proper noun or adj

Answer 12

hyphen

Question 13

used to enclose the exact words of a speaker

Answer 13

quotation marks

Question 14

when should a new paragraph in writing Convo begin

Answer 14

each time the speaker changes

Question 15

when should you use single quotation marks

Answer 15

inside regular quotation marks

Question 16

used to enclose titles of short stories, short poems, songs, chpts, articles,and other parts of books or magazines

Answer 16

quotation marks

Question 17

used to form the possessive case of nouns, to form the possessive case of indefinite pronouns using a ‘s, ti show that letters/numbers have been omitted from a word, and ti form plurals of words, lowercase letters, and signs used as themselves

Answer 17

apostrophe

Question 18

used after a series of words or phrases that give details abt the following statement, to indicate a break in faltering speech/unfinished speech, to indicate parenthetical elements that are emphasized or contain internal punctuation

Answer 18

dash

Question 19

used to set off parenthetical elements that are not directly related to the rest of the sentence and to show alphabetical or numerical values in a list

Answer 19

parentheses

Question 20

used to indicate that something has been omitted without changing the meaning of to indicate and unfinished though, pause, or silence in informal writing

Answer 20

ellipsis points