Verb Varieties
Phrase Phenomena
Clause Categories
Endearing Errors
Teaching Tools
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Some examples of this type of verb are "endures," "gestures," and "hiccups."
What are intransitive verbs?
100
Examples of this are "in a nutshell," "without a doubt," "over the river," and "through the woods."
What is a prepositional phrase?
100
These are the key components of a clause.
What are a subject and a verb?
100
I came, I saw, I conquered.
What is an example of a run-on, a run-together sentence, or a comma splice?
100
This technique involves giving honest positive feedback before and after helping students learn techniques for editing their work.
What is sandwiching?
200
Some examples of this type of verb are "loves," "throws," and "eats."
What are transitive verbs?
200
Examples of this are "ran for office," "wants to do her best," and "will be going to see the new Wes Anderson flick."
What is a verb phrase?
200
These are examples of this type of clause: which she smelled from a mile away who loved to tell the story of the ogre and the cheese
What is an adjective clause? -or- What is a relative clause?
200
Shouting "Stella!" at the top of his lungs.
What is an example of a sentence fragment?
200
This technique involves creating original examples of phrases and clauses to help students see their own writing from a different perspective.
What is modeling?
300
Some examples of this type of verb are "is" and "seems."
What are linking verbs?
300
The key word in this type of phrase is a noun that renames another noun.
What is an appositive?
300
These are examples of this type of clause: because she smelled it from a mile away when she told the story of the ogre and the cheese
What is a dependent clause? -or- What is a subordinate clause?
300
Being a blacksmith wasn't prestigious because blacksmiths had to work hard, didn't have to be intelligent, and also because they got dirty.
What is a parallel structure error?
300
This question is often helpful when we work with students who've written poorly focused sentences.
What is "Who's doing what?"
400
This verb tense is used to indicate actions that occurred (and ended) before another action ended in the past.
What is the past perfect?
400
"Throwing," "thrown," and "to throw" (or "in order to throw") are all words that can start off this type of phrase.
What is a verbal phrase?
400
These are examples of this type of clause: whether or not she smelled it from a mile away the fact that he loved to tell the story of the ogre and the cheese
What is a noun clause?
400
Upon meeting the monster in the wilderness of the mountains the monster makes Frankenstein an offer.
What is a dangling modifier?
400
These are three general categories of problems in the writing process that can cause sentence flaws.
What are sentence boundary errors, weak focus (which includes predication errors), and losing track of words that are far apart from each other in sentences?
500
This type of verb is constructed with a "to be" helping verb plus a past participle.
What is passive or passive voice?
500
Examples of this type of phrase are "his hair blowing in the wind" and "the wheels spinning and engine revving."
What is an absolute?
500
Of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, this is the one that cannot be constructed as a clause.
What are verbs?
500
The use of irony can be viewed as Victor's id.
What is a predication error?
500
This is Jean Anyon's main assertion about education in America.
What is the idea that education is unequal in America because teachers tend to make assumptions about their students' future careers and teach accordingly? -or- What is the assertion that students receive unequal educations, in terms of the degree to which they are taught to memorize or think critically, based on class?
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