Parsing
What is "can you ___ something or somewhere?"
The relationship between the concepts "Swivel Chair" and "Seating Option"
What is topic-category?
The parts of speech "box" may be
What are nouns and verbs?
Something Mr.Allan never wants to do
What is yelling/raising his voice?
A word with the definition: "one who sucks up to authority to get ahead"
What is "sycophant?"
A better definition for "paragraph"
What is a group of sentences that addresses a singular topic?
Ten different conjunctions
What are for/and/nor/but/or/yet/so/when/while/where/as/since/if/although/whereas/unless/because?
*Student curses*
What is, "please refrain from swearing"?
A word with the definition: "lacking a spine; lacking conviction"
What is "invertebrate?"
The first part of speech you should look for when you start parsing
What is a verb?
The kind of sentence that should start a paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
Parts of speech that modify/describe
What are adverbs and adjectives?
*Student makes a demand of a peer*
What is, "please refrain from giving your peers instructions?"
A word with the definition: "uninspired; meaningless"
What is "insipid?"
The book (and its author) we parsed at the beginning of the semester
What is "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein?
The six (seven) rules for a sentence
What are
1. Words
2. Subject and Verb
3. Capital letter
4. End mark/adequate punctuation
5. Proper grammar (sounds right)
6. Complete sense
The parts of speech that may be a subject
*Student flexes wrist and beats wrist against chest*
What is an unacceptable gesture in Mr.Allan's classroom?
A word with the definition: "to pay back for a service"
What is "remunerate?"
The correct parsing for
"In many ways the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and themselves to our judgement. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read, but the bitter truth we critics must face is in the grand scheme of things the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designates it so."
The team with the most correctly parsed words earns the points
You may have no more than three of these in a sentence
What are clauses?
What are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, prepositions, and adjectives?
Mr.Allan's request when you have a concern about a peer
What is requesting to speak privately with himself/staff?
A word with the definition: "lowly to the point of servility"
What is obsequious?