Parts of Speech
It describes something
An adjective
A type of sentence with one complete thought that includes a subject and a predicate.
Simple sentence
The person, place or thing performing an action in a sentence.
A subject
This type of writing is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history
Non-fiction
In a mystery, something that sends you down the wrong path (It's not a fish!)
Red herring
It is a person, place or thing.
A noun
A sentence that has two separate complete thoughts separated by a conjunction.
Compound sentence
Below is an example of a _____ sentence.
I went to school my first class was math.
Run-on Sentence
Writing that contains imaginary events, people, or things
Fiction
In a mystery, a reason for doing something
Motive
An action
A verb
This is a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph and is at the beginning of the paragraph.
A topic sentece
jumping, running, sleeping, going, for example
Verbs
Tale and tail, for example
Homophone
An excuse for not being somewhere or doing something
Alibi
And and or, for example
A conjuction
This sentence is at the end of a paragraph and restates the main idea of the paragraph.
Concluding sentence
The part of the sentence that includes the verb and something about the subject
Predicate
Words that describe a character's personalities or qualities that make them who they are
Character trait
Someone who sees or hears something relevant to a crime
Witness
he, it, she, for example
pronoun
In a compound sentence, FANBOYS stands for
Conjunctions, which are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
If you see these words in a sentence, it is probably an _________.
I like OR My favorite OR I think
An opinion
The opposite of a fact.
An opinion (how you feel about something)
These are unique to each person, and if a criminal leaves them behind when committing a crime, he'll probably be caught
Fingerprints