Parts of Speech
Names a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
scooping or digging tool; cut or scoop out
gouge
sentence requires both a subject and a predicate
simple sentence
planning and organizing your writing
brainstorming or informal outline
make a statement
We camped in Arches National Park
declarative
takes place of a noun or nouns
What is a pronoun?
dull; stale, lacking taste or interest
insipid
use ending punctuation to separate simple sentences
run-on-sentences
Tells the readers what the paragraph will be about
Topic sentence or topic
give a command
Do not litter in the park
imperative
Shows an action or state of being
What is a verb?
very important or influential person
magnate
capitalize nationalities, languages, historical events, specific names, places, or things, and the letter I.
Capitalization
connects to the topic sentence and ends paragraph in an interesting way
conclusion
show some feeling
This place is so amazing!
Exclamatory
Describes a noun or pronoun, such as which one, what kind or how many
What is an adjective?
furiously angry,enraged
livid
if it is a singular noun, put the apostrophe before the-s (boy's). If the noun is plural, put the apostrophe after the -s (boys').
possessive nouns
states a point of view
opinion writing
Ask a question
Where is the longest rock arch?
interrogative
shares two or more complete thoughts
thoughts connected by conjunctions (FANBOYS)
needs a comma before the conjunction
compound sentence
complain or grumble
grouse
number rule when writing numbers less than 10
spell out numbers less than 10
gives information or explains details
informative/explanatory writing
should've and would've verses should of and would of
contractions