Conjunctions
What is the acronym for Coordinating conjunctions?
What is FANBOYS?
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is the introduction?
How many paragraphs does an essay have to have?
5 paragraphs
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun people love baseball a lot because it is fun to watch.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.
a. run-on sentence
b. incomplete sentence/fragment
Run-on Sentence
DAILY TRIPLE
She walked as swift as the wind to get to class on time.
After which word should a comma be added?
Jackie enjoys playing softball. However she does not want to try out for the softball team.
After the word However.
How would you write in the text it says correctly?
In the text it says, "
What type of writing is the story if its purpose is to give you information, details, and facts about a subject?
Informative Writing
This is the correct way to write a title of a book. "Wonder"
No, Wonder
This classroom is an icebox!
metaphor
What is the prepositional phrase is this sentence?
Below the plane, the skyscrapers' lights glitter like diamonds.
Below the plane
This type of writing uses the phrases I think, I feel, or I believe.
What is opinion writing?
What type of writing is it when you try to get the reader to agree with your side/opinion.
Opinion/Persuasive Writing
The (principal/principle) of the school handed out ice cream on the last day.
What is principal?
The trees were dancing in the wind.
Personification
Where should quotation marks go in this sentence?
When you comparison shop, explained mom, you compare the price of the same item at different stories.
"When you comparison shop," explained mom, "you compare the price of the same item at different stories."
What is the structure of an essay?
Intro
reason 1
reason 2
reason 3
conclusion
How should the title of Leo's favorite book be written?
Leo's favorite book is Holes by Louis Sachar.
Holes - Italics
One is correct.
After I went to walmart, I ran home to see my new puppy.
After flying into New York, I went to see my old teacher.
What is "After flying into New York, I went to see my old teacher?"
DAILY DOUBLE
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
Hyperbole
Correct the run-on sentence.
Students once copied long lists of proverbs they memorized them.
Students once copied long lists of proverbs, and they memorized them.
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up.
What is a conclusion?
What are the 3 reasons (or purposes) why we write?
The purpose of the story is to _______, ________, or ___________.
To Inform, To Persuade, To Entertain
What is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?
When we saw Leroy with yellow paint on his knee we knew he had dropped his paintbrush.
When we saw Leroy with yellow paint on his knee, we knew he had dropped his paintbrush.
The kid was so mad at his mom, he was giving her the cold shoulder.
Idiom