Mix
shortened form of a word, phrase, or title
What is abbreviation?
This sentence makes a statement and ends in a period.
What is declarative?
The part of speech that modifies a verb or adjective
What is an adverb?
Use this to form contractions and possessives
What is an apostrophe?
The reason an author writes
to entertain, persuade, or inform
What is author's purpose?
What is an analogy?
Two complete sentences with incorrect punctuation
What is a run-on sentence?
What are verbs?
Shortening and combining two words by using an apostrophe to replace the missing letters
didn't
What is a contraction?
Categories of texts (fiction, nonfiction, fable, folktale)
What is genre?
In the following sentence, identify the simple subject.
Dogs are good pets.
What is dogs?
An incomplete sentence missing either a subject or a predicate
What is a sentence fragment?
Dog's, men's, kid's are all examples of ________.
What are possessives (possessive nouns)?
Use these to show dialogue in writing
What are quotation marks?
Text structure that shows the similarities and differences of things or to show how things are alike or different
What is compare and contrast?
Book of synonyms and antonyms
What is a thesaurus?
This type of sentence asks a question and ends in a question mark.
What is interrogative?
This tells when an action occurred
What is verb tense?
The act of checking one's work for correct punctuation, misspellings, and grammar
What is proofread?
Using information that is implied or inferred to make meaning out of what is not clearly stated
What is drawing conclusions?
In the following sentence, identify the simple predicate.
The monkeys climbed the trees for the bananas.
What is climbed?
A ____________ sentence shows emotion and ends in an exclamation point.
What is exclamatory?
The who or what that is the focus of the sentence.
What is the subject?
Use this to show items in a series, set off phrases, dates, and addresses
What is a comma?
What is making an inference?