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Sentence Types
Independent/Dependent Clauses
Parts of Speech
Cental Main Idea
Plot/POV
100

Eric feared driving, so he never took the licensing test.

Compound 

100

Unless they go  

Dependent Clause 

100

FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) are?

  • Conjunctions
100

What does Central Idea mean?  

what a piece of non-fiction is mostly about

100

If a sentence has the word, "I, me, ours, we, or mine" in it, what point of view is the story in?

First

200

My little brother plays with dinosaurs and toy cars.

simple 

200

It was cold. 

Independent 

200

Definition of a noun.

names a person, place, thing, or idea

200

What is the topic of a story? 

what the story, passage or other text is about

200

If the story has "He,she, or it" in it, what point of view is the story told in?

Third

300

Although the students rolled their eyes, Mr. Norway kept telling jokes.

Complex 

300

A group of words with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone is a

Dependent Clause 
300

Definition of a preposition.

words that indicate location

300

What is considered supporting/key details?

These are facts, information, examples, etc. that help give the reader a full understanding of the central idea. They will clarify, explain, and describe the main idea so the reader understands it fully.

300

What is the conflict of a story?

The struggle that is taking place in a story

400

Because Jan dreaded flying, she drove everywhere.

Complex

400

She took out the trash. 

Independent 

400

WOW! is a? 

Interjection 

400
  • What is the stated main idea of the passage? - The Olympic Games are the leading international sporting event in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.

The Olympic Games started in Greece and remained the preeminent sporting competition.

400

Plot is what?

A text that explains a series of events

500

He finished his report for work, but he still needs to fill out the accompanying presentation even though he should have had it done last quarter.

Compound-Complex

500

Where I went to elementary school.

Dependent 

500

What is the adjective(s) in the sentence? 

The yellow bus that took us to school was very big.

yellow, big

500

What is the stated main idea of the passage? 

  • Astronomer Carl Sagan was born on November 9, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the University of Chicago, where he studied planets and explored theories of extraterrestrial intelligence. He was named director of Cornell’s Laboratory for Planetary Studies in 1968 and worked with NASA on several projects. An anti-nuclear activist, Sagan introduced the idea of “nuclear winter” in 1983. He wrote one novel, several books and academic papers and the TV series Cosmos, which was reborn on TV in 2014, before his 1996 death.       

Carl Sagan graduated from the University of Chicago, where he studied planets and explored theories of extraterrestrial intelligence.

500

"Once upon a time" would happen during the?  

Exposition