clauses
verbals
sentences
fiction
potpouri
100
This group of words has a subject and a predicate.
What is a clause.
100
This is used as a noun and ends in "ing".
What is a gerund?
100
The cat ran
What is a simple sentence?
100
"eye" will kill you!
What is The Telltale Heart?
100
...with my mother, ...sitting on a bench
What is a phrase?
200
This can not stand by itself; it won't make sense.
What is a dependent clause?
200
I run The running club... I like to run. Running is fun.
What is the 4 ways a verb could be used?
200
The boy sat with his girlfriend; she had been asleep for the entire movie.
What is a compound sentence.
200
His sneeze could alert the Nazis!
Who is Dussel? (dentist)
200
This punctuation is very handy to create compound sentences.
What is a semi-colon?
300
It can stand by itself and still make sense.
What is an independent clause?
300
This is the easiest type of verbal to identify; it almost always begins with "to". (sometimes it doesn't)
What is an infinitive?
300
The boy, who ate all the brussel sprouts, turned green!
What is a complex sentence.
300
release=______________
What is death?
300
This must happen every time you start a new line of dialogue or a new paragraph.
What is indent?
400
The boys enjoyed eating squid and clams.
What is an independent clause?
400
This is used as an adjective; it can end in "ing" so you need to be careful not confuse it with another type of verbal.
What is a participle?
400
After lunch, Beth sang a song in German.
What is a simple sentence?
400
She found her "voice" but lost her life.
Who is Anne Frank?
400
It was a dark, gloomy night, at about midnight!
What is mood?
500
While he was running from the mutants.
What is a depentent clause?
500
...as a verb.
What is a way a gerund is never used?
500
After John ran two miles, he ate his lunch and showered.
What is a compound sentence.
500
Lois Lowry
Who is the author of The Giver?
500
You get hints about what is going to happen later on in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
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