Sentence Structures
TSIA Practice
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Terms to Know
Dictionary Madness
100
Name all 4 sentence structure types
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
100
What is a Noun?
A Person, Place, or Thing
100
This post-apocalyptic movie features a well-known actor who struggles years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters/zombies, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
I am Legend
100
What is a DEPENDENT Clause?
An incomplete sentence
100
Advocate
n. someone who promotes or defends something
v. to defend or promote something (usu. a belief, theory, opinion, etc.)
200
The weather forecast had predicted severe thunderstorms, but the dark, heavy thunderclouds never materialized.
Compound
200
What is a Verb?
An action word
200
Weighing around eight pounds, this is the human body's largest organ?
The Skin
200
What is an Inference?
An assumption/Educated Guess based on evidence from the story
200
Brawl
n. an intense, loud fight
v. to fight loudly and disruptively
300
The vibrant trumpet-shaped blooms of the trumpet vine make it ideal for attracting hummingbirds.
Simple
300
Family members have an educational effect which is quite profound – often more profound than they realize – though family teaching techniques may be highly informal.
Formal education occurs when society makes a commitment to educate people, usually the young. Formal education can be systematic and thorough, but the sponsoring group may seek selfish advantages when shaping impressionable young scholars.
Life-long education has become widespread. Many adults have given up the notion that only children belong in school, and many adults can be seen enrolled at post-secondary education schools, where they are often classified as non-traditional students due to their age.
A. Education takes place in a variety of forms throughout our lives.
B. The strongest form of education is formal education.
C. Informal education is not an acceptable form of education.
D.Education is valuable only when one is young and impressionable
A. Education takes place in a variety of forms throughout our lives.
300
Who is the CURRENT highest-paid musician in the United States?
A. Beyonce
B. Chris Brown
C. Taylor Swift
D. Jay-Z
Taylor Swift is the highest-paid female musician in the US and one of the world's highest-paid musicians. In October 2023, she became a billionaire due to her earnings from her Eras tour and the value of her catalog.
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300
What is Tone?
The ATTITUDE of the author.
300
Diligence
n. conscientiousness; the quality of being committed to a task
400
The platypus has venom-producing glands, which are rare among mammals, but its venom is not generally lethal to humans.
Compound-Complex
400
Mrs. Pontellier reached over for a palm-leaf fan that lay on the porch and began to fan herself, while Robert sent between his lips light puffs from his cigarette. They chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the Cheniere; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the Farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “The Poet and the Peasant.”
In the first paragraph of the attached passage, the word “incessantly” most nearly means ____.
ture out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the Cheniere; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the Farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “The Poet and the Peasant.”
Robert talked a good deal about himself. He was very young, and did not know any better. Mrs. Pontellier talked a little about herself for the same reason. Each was interested in what the other said. Robert spoke of his intention to go to Mexico in the autumn, where fortune awaited him. He was always intending to go to Mexico, but some way never got there. Meanwhile he held on to his modest position in a mercantile house in New Orleans, where an equal familiarity with English, French and Spanish gave him no small value as a clerk and correspondent.
He was spending his summer vacation, as he always did, with his mother at Grand Isle. In former times, before Robert could remember, “the house” had been a summer luxury of the Lebruns. Now, flanked by its dozen or more cottages, which were always filled with exclusive visitors from the “Quartier Francais,” it enabled Madame Lebrun to maintain the easy and comfortable existence which appeared to be her birthright.
Mrs. Pontellier talked about her father’s Mississippi plantation and her girlhood home in the old Kentucky bluegrass country. She was an American woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in dilution. She read a letter from her sister, who was away in the East, and who had engaged herself to be married. Robert was interested, and wanted to know what manner of girls the sisters were, what the father was like, and how long the mother had been dead.
When Mrs. Pontellier folded the letter it was time for her to dress for the early dinner. “I see Leonce isn’t coming back,” she said, with a glance in the direction whence her husband had disappeared. Robert supposed he was not, as there were a good many New Orleans club men over at Klein’s.
When Mrs. Pontellier left him to enter her room, the young man descended the steps and strolled over toward the croquet players, where, during the half-hour before dinner, he amused himself with the little Pontellier children, who were very fond of him.
A. openly, without reserve or hesitation; honestly
B. nervously, without confidence or surety; apprehensively
C. familiarly, without shyness or uncertainty; casually
D. constantly, without interruption; going on and on
D. constantly, without interruption; going on and on
400
According to Instacart, what the most disliked food in America?
A. Sauerkraut
B. Anchovies
C. Brussel Sprouts
D. Cow Liver
B. Anchovies
400
Explain Author's Purpose (P.I.E)
The reason why an Author decides to write something.
To Persuade
To Inform
To Entertain
400
Scandalous
adj. morally offensive, often causing damage to one’s reputation
500
The cars are called Legends cars, models of Fords and Chevys from 1932 to 1934, and they are refitted by the students with 1200 cc motorcycle engines.
Compound
500
Teenagers’ internal clocks tend to shift during puberty, making it difficult for them to fall asleep early and necessitating that they sleep later the next morning.
A. appeal to authority
B. appeal to emotion
C. appeal to logic
D. appeal to tradition
C. appeal to logic
500
Roughly how many miles per hour does the earth spin?
A. 1000 mph
B. 500 mph
C. 750 mph
D. 2500 mph
A. 1000 mph
500
Name the 4 parts of an effective body paragraph
Topic Sentence
Text Evidence
Explanation
Restate your thesis
500
Treacherous
adj. dangerous and unstable