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

Which of these is the BEST example of a thesis statement for a FORMAL ANALYTICAL ESSAY?

Effective PERSUASIVE writing

Who was the man who was credited with helping to begin the Scramble for Africa?

During the seventeenth century, what was the great problem for seafarers that remained to be solved?