8th Grade Grammar Test 11

Question 1

To write a good description you must not only carefully select details, but also ___ those details in a certain order

Answer 1

arrange

Question 2

Rather than using many adjectives and adverbs, you should choose exact ___ and ___ to provide good description.

Answer 2

verbs, nouns

Question 3

A thesis statement in a research paper states an opinion that must be

Answer 3

proven

Question 4

After you select a research-paper topic, write a thesis sentence, and prepare a list of ideas, the next step is to do a preliminary

Answer 4

outline

Question 5

Use ___ to enclose the exact words of a person you are quoting in your research paper

Answer 5

quotation marks

Question 6

You will check capitalization, punctuation, word usage, and sentence correctness in the ___ stage of your research-paper work.

Answer 6

editing

Question 7

Taking the words, opinion, organization, or sentence structure of another and presenting it as if it were your own si

Answer 7

plagiarism

Question 8

A clause that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence is called a(n) ___ clause.

Answer 8

dependent

Question 9

A sentence which has two or more independent clauses but no dependent clauses is called a ___ sentence

Answer 9

compound

Question 10

A sentence which has on independent clause and no dependent clauses

Answer 10

simple

Question 11

A sentence which has one independent clause and one o more dependent clauses

Answer 11

complex

Question 12

The four steps in the writing process

Answer 12

plan
write
rewrite
edit