What is a paragraph or essay that tells a story with a point?
100
A Simple Sentence
What is a group of words which have a subject, a verb and is an independent clause?
100
Active Verbs
What is words in a sentence show what the subject did, is doing, or will do?
100
Topic Sentence
What is the sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph?
100
The FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
200
A Descriptive Paragraph or Essay
What is a paragraph or essay that focuses on details, including sensory details and dominant impression?
200
A Compound Sentence
What is a sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction that is preceded by a comma?
200
Linking Verbs
What is the word in a sentence that links the subject with a word or group of words that renames the subject or describes the subject?
200
Supporting Sentences
What are the sentences that give examples, reasons, or detail about a topic sentence?
200
The Past Participle of "Do"
What is "done"?
300
A Compare/Contrast Paragraph or Essay
What is a paragraph or essay that focuses on two subjects and identifies their similarities or differences?
300
Independent Clause
What is a simple sentence?
300
Pronoun Antecedent
What is the noun for which a pronoun takes the place?
300
Thesis Statement
What is the sentence that states the controlling idea or position for an essay?
300
The Organizational Pattern for a Narrative
What is chronological order?
400
An Argument Paragraph or Essay
What is a paragraph or essay that presents a position on an issue and addresses counter arguments?
400
A Dependent Clause
What is a group of words that has a subject, a verb, is introduced by a subordinating conjunction (because, however, although), and must be connected to an independent clause?
400
Shows contractions or possession
What are two uses for an apostrophe?
400
Transition Words and Phrases
What are the words or groups of words which guide the reader to see the connections between ideas both within a paragraph and between paragraphs?
400
A Fragment
What is an incomplete or broken sentence?
500
Order of Importance or Logical Order
What is organization presents points from least important to most important?
500
A Run-on Sentence
What is two or more independent clauses joined together without the correct joining word or punctuation?
500
In Front of a Coordinating Conjunction
What is the location of a comma in a compound sentence?
500
Audience Awareness
What is keeping in mind who the writing is directed to and what the reader will need to know and what kind of word choice will best fit?