This is a compound sentence that includes a comma, but DOES NOT include a FANBOY.
What is a run-on sentence?
100
This is the minimum number of DEPENDENT clauses in a complex sentence.
What is one?
100
The average academic essay should have at least five of these.
What are paragraphs?
100
A good body paragraph has at least this many sentences.
What is five?
100
This is the attention grabber that starts off every essay.
What is a hook?
200
This is a clause that should have been connected to a previous sentence via a comma, but instead, stands alone.
What is a sentence fragment?
200
This is the part of a complex sentence that cannot stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
200
This is stage of planning that often involves thinking up keywords for your essay topic or the use of mind maps.
What is brainstorming?
200
A body paragraph should only contain one of these.
What is a central idea?
200
Of all paragraphs in your essay, this will likely be the shortest.
What is a conclusion?
300
This punctuation mark would help correct the following sentence: "This sentence could be more compelling, it's just not punctuated correctly."
What is a semicolon?
300
A complex sentence has one of these, but a run-on has three.
What is an independent clause?
300
A 3-pronged thesis statement should specify these structural elements.
What are subtopics?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!
(All teams write down an answer and how much of their current score they would like to wager. Winners double their money.)
Body paragraphs should have a variety of sentence types to keep your reader engaged and writing flavorful. This type of sentence is known to give the most information.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
300
This is the number of subtopics that must be discussed in the introduction of a five paragraph essay.
What is three?
400
If commas are in use elsewhere, this is a punctuation mark we might use to separate items in a list.
What is a semicolon?
400
This is the sentence type of the following sentence: "After John's exercise routine, he likes to hit Planet Smoothie, for nothing tastes better than strawberry-banana when your muscles are aching."
What is a compound-complex sentence?
400
If you compile the parts in this plan, you should end up with a rough, but whole essay.
What is an outline?
400
These are ideal for connecting the ideas of two body paragraphs.
What are bridges/transitions?
400
This is the first line of your conclusion.
What is a restated thesis?
500
This is the likely number of commas there will be in a compound-complex sentence with TWO DEPENDENT clauses.
What is three?
500
This is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence: "I can't handle the intensity of this jeopardy game, but I'll keep playing, since the test is tomorrow."
What is "since"?
500
A thesis statement is least likely to be this type of sentence.
What is a simple sentence?
500
This sentence is designed to introduce the topics of your body paragraphs.
What is a thesis statement?
500
This is the final sentence of any essay, meant to leave the reader with a final thought.