Sentence Types
This sentence is composed of a subject and a verb/predicate.
What is a simple sentence?
This punctuation marks the end of a independent clause.
What is a period?
The attention-grabbing sentence of an essay.
What is the hook?
The main idea of a story.
What is theme?
This punctuation goes before and after words used as text evidence.
What are quotation marks? " "
This sentence is comprised of two complete sentences joined by a comma + FANBOYS.
What is a compound sentence?
This punctuation marks items in a list, and it divides two independent clauses before a FANBOYS word.
What is a comma?
This is the paragraph that introduces the thesis and hook.
What is an introduction paragraph?
This is the main problem in the story.
What is conflict?
This punctuation goes before and after a page number or an author's name for text evidence.
What are parentheses? ( )
Including an AWUBIS word, this sentence is comprised of one dependent and one independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
These are words or phrases that can connect paragraphs or sections of a text.
What are transition words?
This is the controlling idea of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
This is the author's reason for or intent in writing. (persuade, entertain, inform)
What is the author's purpose?
This can be used to shorten a quote.
What are ellipses? ...
The correct term for 'FANBOYS' words.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
This is when you need the tense of the subject to match the verb.
What is a Subject-Verb Agreement?
What is a call to action?
This is when you make an educated prediction based on what you read.
What is an inference?
This can be used to insert words or modify words in an embedded quote.
What is are brackets? [ ]
The correct term for "AAAWWUBBIS" words.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
This punctuation should be used when conjoining two independent clauses.
What is a semi-colon?
This is the controlling idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
The inferred or implied meaning of something in a story.
What is connotation?
It goes after the parenthesis if there is a page number or inside the quote if there is not a page number.
What is a period? "__" (#). or "__."