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Parts of Speech 1
Parts of Speech 2?
Traits of Writing
Types of Sentences
Types of Sentences?
100
Expresses an action.
What is a verb?
100
He [sternly] scolded the boy on walking out in the middle of a busy intersection.
What is an adverb?
100

I am the trait of writing that makes sure your ideas are in order.

What is Organization.

100

I am a sentence that asks a question.

What is an interrogative.

100
Joe waited for the train.
What is a simple sentence?
200

A word that modifies a verb, or an adjective.

What is an adverb?

200
These [enormous] monuments rise grandly from the sands.
What is an adjective?
200

This trait reminds you  to use all different types and lengths of sentences to make your writing fluent and smooth.

What is the trait of sentence fluency?

200

These types of sentences give a statement.

What are declarative sentences?

200
They wanted to go to Italy, because they wanted to see Venice.
What is a compound sentence?
300
A word that describes, or modifies, a noun or a pronoun.
What is an adjective?
300

The book [on] the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam.

What is a preposition?

300

This trait wants you to add vivid description, specific vocabulary, and synonyms so you don't repeat.

What is the trait of Word Choice?

300
Contains two or more simple sentences. Each simple sentence is called a main clause.
What is a compound sentence?
300
He did not take the money, for it was not the right thing to do.
What is a compound sentence?
400

Words used with a comma to connect simple sentences together to make them compound sentences.  These includes for...and, nor...but...or..yet...soar.

What are coordinating conjunctions?

400

Jenny's giant red [dog] ran quickly through the door.

What is a common noun?

400

I am the trait of writing that helps improve the way your writing looks.

What are Conventions?

400

I am the type of sentence that gives a command or tells you what to do.

What is an imperative sentence?

400
Because the world is getting warmer, polar bears are in danger of becoming extinct.
What is a complex sentence?
500

A word that takes the place of a noun.

What is a preposition?

500

The  [not only] intelligent, [but also] very funny.

What is a correlative conjunction?

500

This is the trait that gets us writing.

What is the trait of Ideas?

500
Is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a subordinate clause.
500
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
What is a complex sentence?