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Be “Kind” to your sentences!
Which part are you?
Vocabulary: Do you know me?
Writing Terms: He/she who writes first…
Verb Tense Potpourri: Why are you so tense?
100
Sitting on the benches, the people enjoyed the scenery before them.
What is simple?
100
Wow! Yikes! Hurray!
What is an interjection?
100
These words show how words are related and how paragraphs are related.
What is transitions?
100
The purpose of this sentence is to make a final statement to the reader about your topic.
What is the clincher?
100
Is making
What is present participle?
200
Adults like people who are polite.
What is complex?
200
For, nor, so
What are conjunctions?
200
This sentence contains both an independent and dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
200
The purpose of this sentence is to grab the reader’s attention and make them want to read your paper.
What is an attention grabber?
200
Has set
What is past perfect?
300
Jessica’s birthday is Wednesday, and I can’t think of a good present to get her.
What is compound?
300
Has been eaten
What is a verb?
300
This type of clause modifies a noun.
What is an adjective clause?
300
This is factual writing which includes: compare & contract.
What is expository writing?
300
Went
What is past?
400
Around the corner of the old stone wall, they could see three rows of cannons and four monument to fallen heroes.
What is simple?
400
Anyone
What is a pronoun?
400
The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase.
What is object of the preposition?
400
The purpose of this sentence is to state the topic and the three things you will write about in your essay.
What is the controlling idea?
400
Has swum
What is past perfect?
500
Because I wanted some ice cream, I went to the store, but they were out of my favorite.
What is compound-complex?
500
A, an, the
What are articles (adjectives)?
500
This is a word or phrase or clause that seems to modify the wrong word or words in a sentence.
What is a misplaced modifier?
500
These are the words or groups of words that show how ideas are related in a sentence or in paragraphs.
What are transitions?
500
Have lain
What is present perfect?