Sentence Sense
Part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
to break down into parts to to examine more closely
What is analyze?
Proper nouns such as landmarks, languages, and places require this type of letter
What is a capital?
Literary device that uses exaggeration to create humor
What is hyperbole?
When and where a fictional work occurs
What is setting?
Part of speech that is a predicate
To make corrections to sentences by following rules
What is edit?
Adding an "s" to most nouns makes it this
What is plural?
To improve the quality of a text
What is revise?
The "people" in a story, such as the protagonist and antagonist
What are characters?
Part of the sentence that tells what the subject does, is, or is like
What is the predicate?
Joining two complete sentences with only a comma creates this
What is a comma splice?
"Ta-da" punctuation that precedes a list or formal quotation
What is a colon?
A type or category of literature
What is genre?
The sequence of events in a fictional work
What is plot?
A subject plus a predicate makes this
What is a sentence?
Another word for an incomplete sentence
What is a fragment?
What is an apostrophe?
An author's reason or intent for writing
What is purpose?
A subgenre of fiction that uses hyperbole to create humor
What is a tall tale?
Who or what the sentence is about
What is the subject?
Joining two complete sentences with no punctuation creates this
What is a run-on sentence?
Punctuation that can join two closely related complete sentences
What is a semicolon?
Writing that is imaginary and usually written to entertain
What is fiction?
The universal message revealed in literature
What is theme?