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What belongs at the end of a complete sentence?
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Students must use an ______ to show possession. For example, Katie's book.
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Vague or filler words like very, thing, anything, something, nothing, it, this, and that are referred to as ____ ____ because Mrs. Ortiz wants her students to avoid using words that fail to show versus tell.
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When writing a question, student writers must use which end mark puncutation? A ____ _____ (two words)
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Proper nouns are names of specific people and places, so proper nouns must be ________, even when they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
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When properly citing a direct quote, the first part of the MLA format is to placce _____ ______ around the author's exact words that are taken directly from the text.
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Apostrophes must also be used for ______, or joining two words together such as should not becomes shouldn't, or did not becomes didn't.
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A word like "very" is a vague modifier and reveals that students have to improve their word choices. For instance, rather than write "very big" a student writer should choose the word _______, or rather than writing "very important" a student writer shou
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The beginning of a ______ must always start with a capital letter, and the student writer has a responsiblity to make sure teachers can clearly see the capital letter, even when writing with a pen or pencil.
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Commonly confused words are often used incorrectly by students. For instance, "The book is over _______." (preposition for place. "They're coming to pick up the book in fifteen minutes." (contraction for they are). "Their mother expects them to retur
