Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A group of words consisting of a subject, verb, and complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
This piece of punctuation is used at the end of a complete sentence.
What is a period?
What is a hook?
What is California?
A word that expresses an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
A group of words lacking a subject and/or verb. It is not a complete thought.
What is a phrase?
This piece of punctuation CANNOT be used to join two independent clauses.
What is a comma?
This is a single sentence that directly answers the prompt and is the last sentence of an introduction paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
Who are George and Lennie?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
A group of words consisting of a subject and verb, but it isn't a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
What is a semicolon?
According to MLA format, this always goes at the end of a quotation.
What is a citation?
Who is Crooks?
Words that describe verbs.
What is an adverb?
Adding this to the beginning of an independent clause creates a dependent clause.
What is a subordinating conjunction? (AAAWWUBBIS)
This punctuation goes at the beginning and end of a direct quotation.
What are quotation marks?
These words or phrases help the writing flow and move from one idea to another.
What is a transition?
This character in Of Mice and Men faced discrimination due to his age and physical handicap.
Who is Candy?
Words that describe nouns.
What is an adjective?
This word type is used with a comma to join two independent clauses.
What is a coordinating conjunction? (FANBOYS)
This piece of punctuation is used with one of the FANBOYS to join two independent clauses.
What is a comma?
In a body paragraph, this section explains how the evidence supports the claim(s).
What is reasoning?
In what year did the Great Depression begin?
What is 1929?