Connotation/Denotation
What is denotation?
The literal meaning of a word or phrase
What does an adjective describe?
Adjectives describe a noun or pronouns.
Who many
What kinds
Which ones
What is a run-on sentence and what is a comma splice?
Run-on sentence: When two independent clauses are next to each other without a period or a comma and a FANBOY.
Comma splice: When two independent clauses are connected with a comma, but no FANBOY.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
A dependent clause that has a subject and a verb but is not a complete thought.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence that has a dependent clause and an independent clause.
What is connotation?
A figurative or deeper meaning to a word of phrase.
What does an adverb describe?
Adverbs describe verbs and adverbs.
Sam pitches strongly.
Garrett rides confidently.
Is this a comma splice?
Gimmena loved theater, but Cody could not stand theater.
No, not a comma splice.
What are the subordinating clause words?
Although
Since
If
Because
Until
When
Whenever
Before
Does a simple sentence have a dependent or independent clause?
What is the connotation of this phrase?
"They have a green thumb"
Someone that is good at gardening
What are the adjectives in the sentence below?
Austin is so loud!
Loud (describing Austin)
Where does the period go in the sentence below?
Since it was late, D.J. wanted to order a taxi to get from the Crystal to the dorms this is Alipine though, we don't have taxis.
Since it was late, D.J. wanted to order a taxi to get from the Crystal to the dorms. This is Alipine though, we don't have taxis.
What is the subordinating clause in the sentence below?
I will stay up late tonight since it is the weekend.
Since it is the weekend
What type of sentence is this?
Taylor loves baseball, but Sam lives for baseball.
Compound sentence
What is the denotation of the word micro-influencer?
An influencer who has more than a few friends, but fewer followers than a celebrity. Around 1,000 - 100,000 followers.
Identify the adjective in the sentence below.
Kubosh had the very illegal idea of Prof. H. bringing real cocktails to class today.
Very (describes the adjective illegal).
Which of the sentences below is not a fragment?
Before the night is over.
Sam drank.
Since it was getting dark.
Even when there was no time.
Sam drank
Where is the subordinating conjunction in the sentence below?
Even when it gets dark, I feel safe walking in town at night (JK not really).
Even when it gets dark
What type of sentence is this?
Before the night was up, the teens had gotten sloshed, and everyone who wasn't sloshed was on drugs.
Compound complex-sentence
What is the connotation of being "canceled"
A person, normally a celebrity, gets called out or boycotted for problematic behavior from the past.
Identify the nouns, adjectives, and adverbs in the sentence below.
Shayla talked to Hannah quietly, while Hannah drew detailed and excellent pictures.
Shayla and Hannah (nouns)
detailed and excellent (adjectives)
quietly (adverb)
Is a subordinating clause the same as an independent clause?
No, a subordinating clause is a dependant clause.
Is a subordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?
No
As a group, write a compound-complex sentence.
Group's sentence