What is the first step in analyzing a speech?
a. determine the design of the speech.
b. examine the method of speech delivery.
c. look at the creative style of the speech.
d. determine the topic of the speech.

Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct? a. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas. b. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book. c. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans. d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.

When should evidence be quoted directly and when should it be paraphrased? identify which approach the student in each scenario should use. paraphrase or quote for each box.

Which group of words is an independant clause a. she came late b.so how was the c. there was an old d. nearly running down