Don't write like you speak or text:
Connect the dots
Markers
Which word is which?
What's Wrong?
100
Joined independent clauses without appropriate punctuation also known as a fused sentence
What is a run-on
100
States the main point of a paragraph
What is a topic sentence
100
Also
what is independent
100
names a person, place or thing
What is a noun
100
Joan, and Mary liked to jump rope after school.
What is Comma Splice
200
A group of words that is missing a subject or a verb or that does not express a complete thought
What is a fragment
200
Supports the main point of the paragraph and should include at least three supoorting sentences
What is the body
200
for
FANBOYS
200
replaces a noun
What is a pronoun
200
John shot the ball, and they won the game.
What is pronoun agreement
300
The pronoun never used in essay writing for this class
What is "you"
300
The function of a semi-colon
to join independent clauses
300
after
dependent marker
300
he, she it, and you are what parts of speech
What are pronouns
300
She looked at the book and decides to buy it.
What is verb tense
400
Three verb tenses
What are past, present and future
400
Two uses of the apostrophe
Conjunctions and to show possession
400
because of
preposition
400
Describes nouns and pronouns by adding information about what kind, which one, or how many
What is an adjective
400
Joseph told Mary not to pick him up but she did anyway.
What is run-on
500
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions
500
3 ways to fix a run-on sentence.
Make two simple sentences; make a comound sentnece with a semi-coln or FANBOYS, add a dependent marker to make a complex sentence
500
however
independent marker
500
Describes verbs or adjectives by adding information about how, how much, when, where, why, or to what extent
What is an adverb
500
After the movie was over all of the girls showed
What is fragment
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