Sentences
What is a complete sentence?
A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and has both a subject and a predicate.
What punctuation ends a statement?
Answer: A period (.).
What is dialogue?
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters
What is a conjunction?
A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
What is a statement?
A statement is a sentence that provides information.
What are the parts of a sentence?
Answer: A sentence has a subject and a predicate
What punctuation ends a question?
Answer: A question mark (?).
How do you format dialogue?
Use quotation marks to enclose the spoken words.
How do conjunctions work?
They join two or more elements in a sentence.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion.
What is a sentence fragment?
Answer: A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.
What punctuation shows excitement?
An exclamation mark (!).
What are dialogue tags?
Dialogue tags indicate who is speaking, e.g., "said," "asked."
Give an example of a conjunction.
Examples include "and," "but," "or."
What is a command?
A command tells someone to do something.
What is the purpose of a subject?
Answer: The subject tells who or what did something in the sentence
What are the types of end marks?
A period, question mark, and exclamation mark.
Why is punctuation important in dialogue?
It clarifies the structure and meaning of the spoken words.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
Coordinating conjunctions connect equal elements, e.g., "for," "and," "nor," "but," "or," "yet," "so."
What is a question?
A question asks for information
What is the purpose of a predicate?
Answer: The predicate tells what the subject is doing or what is happening
What punctuation goes inside quotation marks?
Commas and periods.
How do you identify dialogue in a text?
Look for quotation marks and dialogue tags.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
Subordinating conjunctions connect an independent clause with a dependent clause, e.g., "because," "although," "if.
How do you identify different types of sentences?
By looking at the punctuation and the function of the sentence.