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Definitions
Subjects and Verbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
100
What are the steps of the Strategy?
Pick a formula, explore the words, note the words, search and check
100
What are the steps of the strategy?
Mark out imposters, ask is there a verb, root out the subject and key into beginning middle end
100
What is a subject?
A subject is who or what the sentence is about.
100

Sophie and Blaze ran through the woods.

Sophie, Blaze, ran

100
The beautiful sunrise made me smile.
beautiful
200
In what step do you think of the words you'll write?
Explore the words
200
In what step are you finding infinitives and prepositional phrases?
Mark out imposters
200
What is a verb?
A verb is an action or state of being word.
200

Our family likes to camp out in the woods.

family, likes

200
Several large dogs were barking at Dad and me.
several, large
300
In what step do you decide what kind of sentence to write?
Pick a formula
300
In what step are you making sure you have a capital and an endmark?
Key into the beginning, middle, and end
300
What is an infinitive?
The word "to" and a verb and tries to be the verb.
300

The bottle fell and broke into a million pieces.

bottle, fell, broke

300
He spoke quietly in the library.
quietly
400
In what step do you write your sentence down?
Note the words
400
In what step do you find who or what the sentence is about?
Root out the subject
400
What is a prepositional phrase?
A preposition and a noun, and tries to be the subject?
400
Marcie and her brother are at the fair and are going on rides.
Marcie, brother, are, are going
400
The screaming, hissing, cats fought noisily in our yard.
screaming, hissing, cats
500
What step is like editing your sentence?
Search and check
500
In what step do you find the action or state of being word?
Ask"is there a verb?"
500
What is a linking verb?
A word that links the subject to a describing word.
500
The bread and muffins rose and baked in the oven.
bread, muffins, rose, baked
500
The magical, glittery unicorn flew high in the sky.
Magical, glittery, high
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