Punctuation
The punctuation mark that indicates an exclamation
Exclamation mark
a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
Sentences
What do you use to tell where, when, and which one.
Prepositional Phrase
Past tense
A tense expressing an action that has happened or a state that previously existed.
Quotation Marks
You put quotation marks around dialogue to identify what someone has said.
I love listening to Taylor Swift? Correct or Incorrect
Incorrect
Has one dependent clause joined to an independent clause
Complex sentence
I craft ______ voice to show my subjects acting.
Active Voice
I played on the playground at Allen so many times. What tense is this sentence in?
Past Tense
Phrases that are used to break up, precede or follow written dialogue to convey which character is speaking.
Dialogue Tag
What punctuation marks are missing?
(There's no way I am going to do it ill hate it)
Period, comma, apostrophe
A sentence that connects two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction like and or but.
Compound Sentence
I use __________ _____ to name groups of people, places, and things as one.
Collective Nouns
I will have fun in middle school at HMS.
Which tense is the sentence in?
Future Tense
"I literally died. I literally died dead and so I couldn't breathe anymore, rest in peace me, RIP me," Taylor Swift once said.
Where is the dialogue tag?
The dialogue tag is at the end.
The punctuation mark that makes a pause in between a sentence without a period.
Comma
Use the comparative with the word "than."
Comparative
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
Conjunction
A tense expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not yet exist.
Future Tense
Mrs. Thornell and Nuha are always saying, "Taylor Swift is the best singer ever."
Where is the dialogue tag?
Tag at the beginning.
The punctuation symbol that ends a declarative sentence.
Period
Declarative statement
A sentence that makes a statement.
The end of a base word.
Suffix
Present Tense
Present tense is used to talk about what is happening in the present.
"I can't believe it!" Nuha exclaimed, "Taylor and Joe broke up!!!"
Where is the dialogue tag in this sentence?
The dialogue tag is in the middle.