Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Goes at the end of most sentences
What is a period?
These are specific people, places, and things, and they SHOULD be capitalized
What are proper nouns?
Another phrase for a complete sentence
What is an independent clause?
People often use the word "impact" to avoid having to figure out which version of this word to use
What are effect and affect?
An action word
What is a verb?
What is a semicolon?
The names of the (most/many) people who raise children should ONLY be capitalized when those titles are being used AS their names.
What are Mom and Dad?
The title of a grammar woe that involves separating two independent clauses with a comma
What is a comma splice?
One of these words means someone is unconscious, and the other indicates a kind of punctuation, and they are only and letter apart
What are "coma" and "comma?"
A FANBOYS or words like "while," "because," and "even though."
What are conjunctions?
This piece of punctuation helps separates items in a list, among other things, but it should NOT separate two independent clauses.
What is a comma?
This list of four words that correspond to the changes in weather should NOT be capitalized
Novels should be formatted this way
What is in italics?
When you leave out the subject or predicate but slap a period on the end anyway.
What is a sentence fragment?
A, an, the
What are articles?
This type of punctuation can function like a semicolon, comma, or parentheses, but aims to add a specific, lengthier pause
What is an em dash?
These words help us know whether it's a day we stay home or a day to go to school, and they SHOULD be capitalized
What are the days of the week? (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
Short stories and poems should be formatted this way
What is in quotation marks?
When someone says that they "did good," "ran quick," or "sang beautiful."
What is using an adjective when they should be using an adverb?
Describes relationships between words. (Where did the mouse go?) Examples: Of, with, around, under
What are prepositions?
This piece of punctuation can preface a list
What is a colon?
This type of noun does NOT need to be capitalized
What is a common noun?
Two things a sentence needs to be complete
What are a subject and a predicate?
After you putting a title in for an essay, you should hit "enter" THIS many times.
What is ONCE?