Punctuation
This punctuation mark ends a statement
What is a full stop?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The person, place, or thing performing the action (the verb) in a sentence
What is a subject?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The dog barked all night the neighbors complained.
Fused sentence: The dog barked all night (so, ;, .) the neighbors complained.
Used to separate items in a list.
What is a comma?
A word showing an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
A group of words missing a subject or predicate.
What is a sentence fragment?
A comparison that says one thing is another thing.
What is a metaphor?
Walking through the empty hallway.
Fragment: Walking through the empty hallway, I heard a strange noise.
This punctuation mark shows excitement or strong feelings.
What is an exclamation mark?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does.
What is the predicate?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
The movie was long, I fell asleep.
Comma splice: The movie was long, (so, ;, .) I fell asleep.
This punctuation mark is used to show ownership or contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Two independent clauses joined only by a comma.
What is a comma splice?
An exaggerated statement.
What is hyperbole?
“I cant believe you did that she said.”
Dialogue & apostrophe error: "I can't believe you did that," she said.
This punctuation mark joins two independent clauses
What is a semicolon?
Words like and, but, or that connect two independent clauses.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
Two sentences pushed together with no punctuation.
What is a fused sentence?
Language that helps you imagine what something looks, feels, sounds, tastes, or smells like.
What is imagery?
The teachers lounge was closed for cleaning.
Apostrophe error: The teachers' lounge was closed for cleaning.