Clauses & Conjunctions
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
A sentence needs this at the beginning to be complete.
What is a capital letter?
This sentence states the main idea of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The old fisherman and main character.
Who is Santiago?
The first event of Santiago’s journey.
What is heading out to sea?
A clause that cannot stand alone because it does not express a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
A sentence must have these two parts of speech.
What are a subject and a verb?
This is the first sentence in a body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
The young boy who helps Santiago.
Who is Manolin?
How long has Santiago gone without a fish?
What is 84 days?
Name the coordinating conjunctions often remembered by this acronym: FANBOYS.
What are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?
A sentence must express this to be considered complete.
What is a complete thought?
This type of sentence helps a writer move from one idea to another.
What is a transition sentence?
The 18-foot fish Santiago struggles to catch.
Who is the marlin?
How long does the marlin tow Santiago’s boat?
What is 3 days?
Identify the dependent clause in: “While Santiago waited, the boy helped him.”
What is “While Santiago waited”?
Name all five components of a complete sentence.
What is a complete thought, capital letter, punctuation, subject, and verb?
True or False: A thesis statement belongs in every body paragraph.
What is False?
The shark that first attacks the marlin’s body.
Who is the mako shark?
Name one example of Santiago's struggle in the book.
Multiple answers
Identify the independent clauses in: “She was tired, she finished her homework quickly,” and name a FANBOYS word that could join it to another independent clause.
What is "she was tired" and "she finished her homework quickly". Multiple answers for part 2.
Identify and correct the error: “running fast to the store.”
What is a fragment; it needs a subject and verb to be a complete sentence?
Identify the topic sentence and transition sentence in: “Santiago was tired. He started to fall asleep. Despite this, he continued fishing.”
What is: topic sentence = “Santiago was tired,” transition = “Despite this”?
Name two traits of Santiago and two actions he takes to show his greatness.
What are: traits = perseverant, wise; actions = caught the marlin, went out to sea for days?
Explain both sides of whether the marlin’s death was pointless.
What is: Not pointless → Santiago proves greatness, legacy; Pointless → marlin wasted, Santiago loses prize?