Quiz
EXERCISE On the line provided, identify the following word groups by writing SF for sentence fragment,
RO for run-on sentence, or for sentence
Example SF
1. Buying school supplies at the office supply store.
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2. I chose sell-stick flags and notes in different colors, I use these when I study.
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3. Have you ever marked pages in your books with reusable sticker flags?
1. Available in different colors, such as red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
2. At my school, we cannot write or highlight in our textbooks.
3. I use small sticker flags to mark important passages I write notes on larger self-stick
slips of paper.
4. A color-coded system for marking different types of information.
5. Occasionally a teacher will say, "This will be on the test."
6. Marking the page with a red sticker immediately.
7. Red stickers are for high-priority passages, and yellow stickers are for low-priority
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passages.
8. Green is the color of growth I use green flags for difficult topics requiring extra study.
9. As a reminder of my own possible intellectual growth in this topic.
10. Blue, the color of smooth sailing.
11. Important information is not always difficult to understand I mark this type of passage
with a blue flag
12. Education, above all, should be challenging and inspiring.
13. Always looking for interesting or fascinating topics and ideas.
14. The purple flags for these creative topics.
15. For example, after reading a brief reference to ostrich farms.
16. I marked the reference with a purple flag that weekend I investigated ostrich farms.
17. Free access to the Internet at the public library near my apartment.
18. The Internet has become a useful tool for my research, I find information for tests and
papers as well as information for my personal interest and enjoyment.
19. The three-inch-square, yellow self-stick notes.
79. On these, I write short notes about my teacher's comments.
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