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Mystery 3
Mystery 4
Mystery 5
100
An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
100
An author who writes their personal story/history in first person.
What is memoir?
100
A detailed background of someone's life story. Their life story is written by another person.
What is an autobiography?
100
A group of words that has a subject and verb but is not able to stand alone.
What is dependent clause?
100
A word that joins together a group of words?
What is a conjunction?
200
The place where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
When the author tells you the characteristics of a character
What is direct characterization?
200
When the author uses the Speech, Thoughts, Actions, the Effect on other characters, Looks (appearance) to describe a character.
What is indirect characterization?
200
When two or more things (nouns) come together to form one.
What is a merge?
300
When a person trains themselves according to rules or standards. When a person is taught rules/standards and they abide by them.
What is discipline?
300
A synonym for before
What is prior?
300
Different strategies to take notes.
What is annotating?
300
Leaving a country to move to another
What is emigration?
300
Persons from whom one is descended
What is ancestors?
400
The burning from hot liquid or steam
What is scalding?
400
A country area where people reside.
What is a rural area?
400
An apartment that is in extremely poor condition. These apartments are typically located in an area where lower income people live.
What are tenants?
400
Complex, Compound, Simple-Complex, Simple
What are the four types of sentences?
400
a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
What is a simple sentence?
500
A sentence with two dependent clauses and one independent clause.
What is complex sentence?
500
A sentence with two more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound complex sentence?
500
You put these symbols around characters' statements.
What are quotations?
500
Free Points!!
What is Extra Credit?
500
A symbol used to separate items in a series.
What is a comma?
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