Parts of speech
This term is a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
What is a conjuction?
This term means the opening sentence of an essay meant to grab the attention of the reader.
What is a hook?
The purpose of this type of work is to tell as story from an author's imagination.
What is fiction?
You were going to go to school but you were late for the bus.
You were going to go to school, but you were late for the bus.
For this purpose, the author tells a story and often uses humor.
What is to entertain?
this means a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things s.
What are nouns?
This means the main idea of a paragraph.
What is topic sentence?
This term means the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
Where do you place commas in this sentence?
Will you get eggs milk and sugar?
Will you get eggs, milk, and sugar?
This author's purpose gives details.
What is to describe?
This is word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group
Adverb
This is the sentence that states the main idea of a writing assignment and helps control the ideas within the paper. It is not merely a topic. It often reflects an opinion or judgment that a writer has made about a reading or personal experience..
What is the thesis statement?
The point-of-view from the perspective of a charter who participates in the story.
What is first-person point of view?
Where do the commas go in this sentence?
Meridian Mississippi is her home town.
Meridian, Mississippi, is her home town.
This is author's purpose includes facts and information.
What is to inform?
This is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
This should restate your thesis. Synthesize or summarize your major points. Make the context of your argument clear.
What is conclusion?
This is a literary device that means a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well-founded or true.
What is paradox?
Where do the commas go in this sentence?
January 17 2022 is Martin Luther King Day.
January 17, 2022, is Martin Luther King Day.
This author's purpose provides step by step directions.
What is to instruct?
This is a conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank.
What is coordinating conjunction?
This should contain an opening hook to catch the reader's attention. Relevant background information that the reader needs to know. A thesis statement that presents your main point or argument.
What is an introduction?
This is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
Place commas correctly in this sentence.
Susan went to the grocery store and bought tomatoes.
Susan went to the grocery store and bought tomatoes.
No commas needed.
This author's purpose is when the author tried to get the reader to believe or feel a certain way.
What is to persuade?