A good THESIS STATEMENT must ____________ that ____________; it must not just ___________.

IV. ANALYZING LITERATURE Which of the following statements about THEME is NOT true?

Identify the following as a SENTENCE FRAGMENT, COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON, or COMPLETE SENTENCE. (The punctuation marks are bold so that you can better see them.) Harry was going to ask her more questions but I said that we ought to let her tell her story first to the sheriff.

Identify the following as a SENTENCE FRAGMENT, COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON, or COMPLETE SENTENCE. (The punctuation marks are bold so that you can better see them.) Speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well.

Choose the option that combines the two sentences with the correct punctuation if any is needed. (The punctuation marks are bold so that you can better see them.) Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale talk in the kitchen while the men investigate upstairs.

Unless it is assigned as an opinion paper, a FORMAL ESSAY almost always uses

Identify the following as a SENTENCE FRAGMENT, COMMA SPLICE, RUN-ON, or COMPLETE SENTENCE. (The punctuation marks are bold so that you can better see them.) Because the temperature dropped below zero, the jars of fruit have burst.

Choose the sentence (A, B, or C) that has no VERB TENSE error (no unnecessary verb-tense shift), using a consistent tense and changing tense only when appropriate.

The BODY of an academic essay should

The INTRODUCTION of an academic essay should