Abbreviations
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
The Sentence
Report
100
ATTN
What is attention?
100
Connects words with other words, ideas and clauses.
What is conjunction?
100
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.
What is comma?
100
Used to identify who or what performs the action in the sentence.
What is subject?
100
The four C's.
What is clear, concise, complete, and correct?
200
INV
What is investigation?
200
Is to indicate action or help make a statement.
What is verb?
200
A punctuation mark indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses.
What is semicolon?
200
A sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
What is run-on sentence?
200
An officer should obtain a ____ at an incident.
What is statement?
300
DOA
What is dead on arrival
300
Links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence
What is preposition?
300
Used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration of what precedes.
What is colon?
300
A phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an element, such as a subject or verb.
What is a sentence fragment?
300
Type, characteristic, estimate, value, inscriptions, and owners name are used for what kind of description.
What is property?
400
FI
What is field interview?
400
This part of speech answers when, where and how.
What is adverb?
400
Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word.
What is apostrophe?
400
A phrase that gives an altered meaning to the sentence because it does not describe what it is intended to.
What is misplaced phrase?
400
This type of report is used for complaints.
What is call for service.
500
R/O
What is reporting officer?
500
This part of speech normally expresses emotion.
What is interjection?
500
The use of a comma to join two independent clauses.
What is comma splice?
500
A group of words with a subject and a verb.
What is clause?
500
What are the five groups to consider when writing a report.
What is facts, grammar, spelling, organization, and punctuation?