1. What is the main idea of these two sentences?
Many flowers are what we call annuals, their entire life cycle — from seed to death — takes just one year. They might leave behind sleeping seeds that could sprout again in the future, but the flowers, roots, stems and leaves all fade away as soon as the season is done.
WRONG: Scientists think annuals are the first type of plant that existed.
Annuals only live for one year and will not return.
Plants have flowers, root systems, stems, and leaves.
WRONG: The life cycle of a plant is seed to death
2. When are sentence fragments used in stage directions?
when the play is written for a very young audience
when they appear between a character’s name and the character’s line
WRONG: when the cast of characters includes just two characters
when the action is more physical than mental