A sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
100
Cannot stand alone and still make sense.
What is a dependent clause?
100
The sentence at the end of a paragraph that restates what was discussed in the paragraph, in one sentence.
What is a concluding sentence?
100
When you add -er to an adverb it makes it this. Only has one syllable and does not end in -ly.
What is a comparative adverb?
200
How you punctuate the title of a poem.
What is quotation marks?
200
Two independent clauses joined together with a conjunction. (I don't know how to bake, so I buy my sweets.)
What is a compound sentence?
200
Can stand alone and make sense.
What is an independent clause?
200
This comes before a list or an explanation that is preceded by a clause that can stand by itself. HINT *punctuation*
What is a colon? :
200
List the coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
for
and
now
but
or
yet
so
300
How you punctuate short stories, songs, and magazine article titles.
What is quotation marks?
300
Contains an independent an independent clause and a dependent clause. (I really enjoyed the pie that you baked for me.)
What is a complex sentence?
300
A word or phrase after/around another word(noun) to explain or identify it. Separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma(s).
What is an appositive phrase?
300
This is used to separate two sentence where a conjunction has been left out. HINT* punctuation*
What is a semicolon? ;
300
Has to deal with your five senses. If you can smell, hear, see, touch, or taste it then is it this.
What is a concrete noun? (Bob's ice cream dripped to the ground. ICE CREAM is the concrete noun.)
400
How you punctuate movies, tv shows, magazines, plays.
What is underlining/ italics?
400
One sentence with two or more verbs/predicates. (Jack runs and jumps all of the time.)
What is a compound predicate.
400
Found at the beginning of a sentence and has a comma separating it from the rest of the sentence. Does not have an action or a state of being. (Before lunch, we walked to the pond.)
What is an introductory phrase?
400
A group group of 2 or more words that usually do NOT form a complete sentence. (We like /to go outside/ /on sunny days./)
What is a phrase?
400
Begins with a dependent clause. (Before, because, after, since, while, until, although, when)
What is a subordinating conjunction?
500
How you punctuate newspapers titles.
What is what is underlining/ italics?
500
One sentence with two or more subjects. (Fruits and vegetables are good for you.)
What is a compound subject?
500
Found at the beginning of a sentence and has a comma separating it from the rest of the sentence.Has an action or a state of being. (After eating an apple, we walked to the pond.)
What is an introductory clause?
500
A part of a sentence that has its own subject and predicate. (When it rained they went outside.)
What is a clause?
500
A dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. Uses coordinated conjunctions like such as, because, before, since, while, when. (While I was driving, I saw three deer.) What is ...While I was driving....