Parts of Speech
The real name for a SC starter word
A clause that is diagrammed on a pedestal on the main line, and a clause that gets its own line.
What is the difference between diagramming a noun clause and and adj/adv clause?
Start the sentence with an participial phrase opener.
What is an advanced way to fix a run-on sentence?
The possible jobs of a noun clause.
What are the subject, direct object, or predicate nominative?
Relative pronouns that act as subjects.
What are "that," "who," and "which?"
How many, which one, what kind.
What does an adjective tell?
The type of clause that gets a pedestal.
What is a noun clause?
What is a simple sentence?
The type of sentence with two MC's.
The type of sentence with one MC and one SC.
What is a complex sentence?
A verbal that acts like an adjective.
What is a participle?
The type of line from an MC to an SC.
What is a dotted connecting line?
Two MC's that are improperly joined.
What is a run-on sentence?
A group of words that do not represent a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
The relative pronoun that always acts as an object.
What is "whom?"
Where, when, why, how, and to what extent.
What questions to adverbs answer?
Draw a dotted line from the verb of the MC to the verb of the SC and write the subordinating conjunction on the line.
What is the way to diagram a complex sentence?
A comma plus a coordinating conjunction.
What is the proper way to join two MC's?
A clause that can stand alone.
What is a Main Clause / Independent Clause?
The type of sentence with 2 MC's and 1 SC.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
An -ing word that acts as a noun.
What is a gerund?
Draw a forked line connected by a conjunction.
Keep track of your MC's and SC's as you write.
What is the best way to prevent run-on sentences?
Phrases and SC fragments.
"To" plus a verb.
What is an infinitive?