Essays
Introduces the topic, gives some background information, and previews the main ideas.
What is the Introduction?
Lewis and Clark led an expedition. It was they who used Sacajawea as a guide and interpreter. "They" is this kind of pronoun.
What is indefinite?
The students are busy. "Are" is this kind of verb.
What is linking?
Would you like the yellow socks? Yellow is considered this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
When I listen to music, I think happy thoughts. This would be a better word choice than happy.
What is positive?
Tells the reader the main idea or the claim of an essay.
What is a Thesis Statement?
These are the puppies I was telling you about. "These" is this kind of pronoun.
What is demonstrative?
I can call you after school today. "Can" is this kind of verb.
What is helping or auxiliary?
The students waited quietly for their teacher. Quietly is this part of speech.
You've probably heard of the different special classes available to eighth graders. One class is Agriculture with Mr. Scherer.
The use of this word makes the above text informal.
What is "you've?"
Summarizes the main points of an essay and provides closure.
What is a Conclusion?
I would love to go to the movies. "I" is this kind of pronoun.
What is personal?
Mount Fuji is a beautiful volcano in Japan. "Mount Fuji" is this type of noun.
What is proper?
The choir sang several songs. Several is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
The use of these marks followed by an in-text citation clues the reader that the writer has used a direct quote.
What are quotation marks?
Discusses a single important idea of an essay and includes supporting details.
What is a body paragraph?
We should go shopping this weekend. "We" is this kind of pronoun.
What is personal?
A group of students went on a field trip. "Group" is this kind of noun.
What is collective?
We were all very hungry after the game. Very is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
When creating a Works Cited page, sources are listed in this order.
What is alphabetical?
Facts and data that support the important idea discussed in an essay.
What are supporting details?
Who will be sleeping in on Saturday? "Who" is this kind of pronoun.
What is interrogative?
You should bring cupcakes on your birthday! "Cupcakes" is this kind of noun.
What is compound?
DAILY DOUBLE!
These are the names of Mrs. Bickings' two daughters.
Who are Willow and Jocelyn?
Frank lived during the civil war.
We should fix this error in the above sentence.
What is capitalizing Civil War?