Parts of Speech
Correct capitalization, subject, predicate, correct punctuation, and makes sense.
What are the 5 requirements of a complete sentence?
SV, SSV, SVV, SSVV
What are the simple sentence formulas?
Grab the reader's attention and introduce the topic of the paragraph or essay.
What are the two jobs of a topic sentence?
The message the author wants you to learn from reading their work?
What is the theme?
Compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Find and name the mistake in this sentence:
the dog chased the cat around the house.
What is correct capitalization?
The number of independent clauses in a simple sentence.
What is one?
Dogs run after cats. This sentence is an example of which type of topic sentence?
What is a general topic sentence?
The most important idea in a nonfiction passage. The most important point.
What is the main idea?
What is the central idea?
She swam like a fish. What form of figurative language is used in this sentence?
What is a simile?
Find and name the mistake in this sentence:
Life moves pretty fast. If don't stop and look around once in awhile you're going to miss it.
What is a fragment?
What is missing the subject?
The number of independent clauses in a compound sentence.
What is two?
Boredom, playing, and hunting are simply three of the many reasons that a dog chases after a cat. This sentence is an example of which type of topic sentence?
What is a specific topic sentence?
The pattern of events in a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What is the plot?
The moon chased the dog. What form of figurative language is used in this statement?
What is personification?
Find and name the mistake in this sentence:
Always your teeth before you go to school.
What is no capitalization, no verb?
I,cI
I:I
What are the compound sentence formulas?
Dog chase cats for a number of reasons. This sentence is an example of which type of topic sentence?
What is clueing.
The main character; usually the "good" character.
Who is the protagonist?
When an author uses something to represent a different thought or idea; what has the author used?
What is symbolism?
Find and name the mistake in this sentence:
The moon ran after the dog.
What is does not make sense?
The moon cannot run.
This type of sentence has a dependent and independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
True of False:
When writing a specific topic sentence; the details must be written in the paragraph or essay in the exact same order as they appear in the topic sentence.
What is true?
Opposes the main character; usually the "bad" character.
Who is the antagonist?
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