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ACT English prep · Hard · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review Test Prep · ACT English through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Commas, Semicolons & Colons, Agreement, Diction, Rhetoric. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Commas

    Use a comma before this when joining two independent clauses.

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    A coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)

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  • Semicolons & Colons

    Use a semicolon to join two ___ clauses.

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    Independent

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  • Agreement

    Subject-verb: 'Neither the cats nor the dog ___ (is/are) here.'

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    is (verb agrees with nearer subject)

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  • Diction

    'Affect' vs 'effect' — usually verb is…

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    Affect

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  • Rhetoric

    Best topic sentences do this.

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    State the main idea of the paragraph

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Commas

$100 — Use a comma before this when joining two independent clauses.
A coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
$200 — Items in a series should be separated by these.
Commas
$300 — Should you put commas around an essential clause?
No
$400 — Should you put commas around a non-essential clause?
Yes
$500 — Comma after an introductory phrase: yes or no?
Yes

Semicolons & Colons

$100 — Use a semicolon to join two ___ clauses.
Independent
$200 — A colon often comes before a ___.
List / explanation
$300 — Can a semicolon replace a period? Generally…
Yes, between two related independents
$400 — Use a dash for ___.
An emphatic break / aside
$500 — Parentheses suggest the info is ___.
Less important

Agreement

$100 — Subject-verb: 'Neither the cats nor the dog ___ (is/are) here.'
is (verb agrees with nearer subject)
$200 — Pronoun-antecedent: 'Each student should turn in ___ paper.'
his or her (or 'their' in modern usage)
$300 — 'Everyone' takes a ___ verb.
Singular
$400 — 'Data' is traditionally ___ in formal writing.
Plural
$500 — 'The number of students is/are…'
is

Diction

$100 — 'Affect' vs 'effect' — usually verb is…
Affect
$200 — 'Then' vs 'than' — comparison uses…
Than
$300 — 'Lie' vs 'lay' — recline yourself.
Lie
$400 — 'Fewer' vs 'less' — for countable items.
Fewer
$500 — 'Who' vs 'whom' — object form.
Whom

Rhetoric

$100 — Best topic sentences do this.
State the main idea of the paragraph
$200 — Concise writing avoids…
Wordiness / redundancy
$300 — Transitions like 'however' show…
Contrast
$400 — Parallel structure means…
Matching grammatical form in a series
$500 — Tone should match this.
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