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Parts of Speech
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Parts of Speech II
Writing
100

A person, place, thing or idea.

What is a noun.

100
used to divided a word or in a compound words
What is hyphen
100

Name the three elements that shape the content of a paragraph.

What is Purpose, Tone, and Audience.

100

A type of verb used with the main verb to describe a mood or tense.

What is a "Helping Verb"

100

A ________ is normally used for communicating policies, procedures, or related official business within an organization.

What is a Memo or memorandum, meaning “reminder”) 

200

This is usually the beginning of a sentence as a "Noun" or "Pronoun"

What is a Subject

200
used to show what someone
What is quotation marks
200

Who or whomever serves as _______.

What are "Objects"


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200

A sentence missing a subject or a verb is called?

What is a "Fragment"


A fragment may include a description or may express part of an idea, but it does not express a complete thought.

200

A ________ is a formal document often sent from one company to another or from a company to its clients, employees, and stakeholders, for example.

What is a "Business Letter"

300

A word that represents a "Noun"

What is a "Pronoun"

300
used to indicate line breaks when quoting poetry
what is a slash
300

Good and Bad are known as ______

What are "Adjective"

300

This verb is used to describe the subject to a describing word.

What is a "Linking Verb"

300

Name this format:


TO: Kelly Anderson, Marketing Executive

FROM: Jonathon Fitzgerald, Market Research Assistant

DATE: June 14, 2007

SUBJECT: Fall Clothes Line Promotion

What is a Memo.

400

To be complete, one must have: A subject, a verb, and a complete idea. What am I?

What is a "Sentence" or "Independent Clause"

400
used to set off less important details such as an after thought or an personal comment
what is a parentheses
400

How many commas are missing and where should the Comma go?


After moving to Boston Massachusetts Eric used public transportation to get to work.

What is 2. 

After moving to Boston, Massachusetts, Eric used public transportation to get to work.

400

The proper grammatical match between words and phrases is called?

What is "Agreement"

Must agree in number, person case, or gender.


*Subject -verb agreement describes the proper match between subjects and verbs.

400

"Respectfully yours" is usually at which section of your business writing?

What is "Closing Salutation"

500

A ______ is a word that describes a verb. This usually end in -ly.

what is an "Adverb"

500

When you want to list several nouns in a sentence, you  separate each word with a _______

What is a "Comma"

500

A ____________ is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

What is a "Adjective".

500

How many "persons" are in writing? Name them.

What is 3. First person, Second person, and Third person.

500

Name this format:

Your Contact Information 

  • Your Name
  • Your Job Title
  • Your Company
  • Your Address
  • City, State Zip Code
  • Your Phone Number
  • Your Email Address

The Date 

Recipient’s Contact Information 

  • Their Name
  • Their Title
  • Their Company
  • The Company’s Address
  • City, State Zip Code

The Salutation 

  • "To Whom It May Concern," 
  • “Dear Mr./Ms./Dr. [Last Name],”
  • “Dear [First Name],” 

What is a Business Letter