Capitalization and punctuation
Correct the capitalization:
After the birthday part, i went to walmart.
After the birthday party, I went to Walmart.
What do we call the problem in a story?
Conflict
Use a FANBOYS word to put these sentences together:
We were out of milk. I went to the store.
Possible answer:
We were out of milk, so I went to the store.
Correct the sentence:
In the morning, I woke up I went to work.
Is it a fragment, run-on, or a comma splice?
Possible answer:
In the morning, I woke up, and I went to work.
run-on sentence
What do we call the action word in a sentence?
a verb
What English pronoun is ALWAYS capitalized?
The pronoun I is always capitalized.
What do we call the most exciting part of the story?
climax
Use a WWW.ASIA.UUBAB word to put these two sentences together.
She woke up with a headache. Sarah told her boss that she would not be coming into work.
Possible answer:
Since she woke up with a headache, Sarah told her boss that she would not be coming into work.
Correct the sentence:
After watching the movie, we went out to dinner, I ordered a burger, he ordered a milkshake.
Is it a fragment, run-on, or a comma splice?
Possible answer:
After watching the movie, we went out to dinner; I ordered a burger while he ordered a milkshake.
comma splice
What do we call the word that describes a noun?
an adjective
Please correct the punctuation and capitalization:
i read the hound of baskerville in october.
I read The Hound of Baskerville in October.
What are things are true of a theme?
complete sentence
no character names
true for everyone
a lesson learned from the story
Put these sentences together using both a FANBOYS and a WWW.ASIA.UUBAB:
The house was a mess. Patty lost her kitten. She still could not find her.
Possible answer:
Because the house was a mess, Patty lost her kitten, but she still could not find her.
Correct the sentence:
Swimming in the ocean.
Is it a fragment, run-on, or a comma splice?
Possible answer:
They are swimming in the ocean.
fragment
What are the three points of view? What words go with each?
First person: I, we
Second person: you
Third person: he, she, it, they
Please correct the punctuation:
My sister got married to Howard on June 10 2015
My sister got married to Howard on June 10, 2015.
A separate section that gives the final comments in a story is called _________.
The epilogue
Name the FANBOYS
For And Nor But
Or Yet So
Correct the sentence:
After the snow was falling on the road along I-70.
Is it a fragment, run-on, or a comma splice?
Possible answer:
After the snow was falling on the road along I-70, the roads were slippery.
fragment
Which word is an adverb?
implementation
rapidly
innovative
perform
rapidly - because most adverbs end in -ly.
Please correct the punctuation.
Because he was on the phone he did not hear the doorbell so the UPS driver went to the backdoor.
Because he was on the phone, he did not hear the doorbell, so the UPS driver went to the backdoor.
Draw and label the plot of a story.
1. Exposition
2. Conflict
3. Rising action
4. Crisis
5. Falling action
6. Resolution
Name five WWW.ASIA.UUBAB words.
when where while
as since if although
until unless before
after because
Correct the sentence:
I have those as a goal those were my two main things to focus on last year I believe that I can do better this year.
Is it a fragment, run-on, or a comma splice?
Possible answer:
I have those as a goal because those were my two main things to focus on last year, and I believe that I can do better this year.
run-on and comma splice
What things should you look at to find the main idea of a text?
important details
repeated words
the title
text features