Stoplight Paragraphs
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The Sentence
Grammar
100
Green
Topic or concluding sentence in a stoplight paragraph
100
The part of a story that gives introductory and background information
What is exposition or setting?
100
The mistake in this sentence: Those girls didn't do nothing.
What is "nothing" should be "anything."
100
The sentence job for the word "cow" in this sentence: A cow with shoes is walking very noisily through my room.
What is subject noun?
100
A, an, or the
What is article adjective?
200
Yellow
Color of a reason or explanation in a stoplight paragraph
200
A problem or question that launches the action in a story
What is conflict?
200
The mistake in this sentence: I don't got any homework.
What is "got" should be "have."
200
The sentence job for the words "is walking" in this sentence: A cow with shoes is walking very noisily through my room.
What is verb?
200
My, your, his, her, our, their
What is possessive pronoun adjective (PPA)?
300
Red
Color of details, facts, or examples in a stoplight paragraph
300
The feeling or effect created by a story's setting
What is mood?
300
The mistakes in this sentence: She don't even know nothing.
What is "don't" should be "doesn't" and "nothing" should be "anything"
300
The sentence job for the word "with" in this sentence: A cow with shoes is walking very noisily through my room.
What is prepostion?
300
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
What are subject pronouns?
400
Between six and eleven
How many sentences are there in a stoplight paragraph?
400
The angle or perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
400
The mistakes in this sentence: I could of got it tooken away.
What is "of" should be "have" and "tooken" should be "taken."
400
The sentence job for the word "room" in this sentence: A cow with shoes is walking through my room.
What is object of preposition (OP)?
400
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
What are object pronouns?
500
G + Y + Y
What is the formula for writing a concluding sentence in a stoplight paragraph?
500
The way the author seems to feel about his/her subject; the author's attitude
What is tone?
500
The mistakes in this sentence: My mom should of went to the game with her and I.
What is "of" should be "have," "went" should be "gone," and "I" should be "me."
500
The sentence job for the word "very" in this sentence: A cow with shoes is walking very noisily through my room.
What is adverb?
500
The correct version of this sentence: A cow with shoes has drinken all my Dr. Pepper.
A cow with shoes has drunk all my Dr. Pepper.
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