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Parts of Speech
Thesis Statements/ Transitions
Sentence & Paragraph Structure
Figurative Language/ Dialogue
Types of Writing/ Fiction
100
The action verb in this sentence. The performers acted out the scene beautifully.
What is acted?
100
The formula for a thesis statement.
What is topic + claim + 3 supporting ideas?
100
The simple subject in this sentence. After school, the boys played basketball.
What is "the boys"?
100
Punctuation mark that shows a line of dialogue is occurring.
What are quotation marks?
100
This type of writing explains something.
What is expository?
200
The verb in this sentence. A supernova is an exploding star.
What is "is"?
200
Transitions show the relationship between paragraphs. True or False?
What is true?
200
Type of sentence that has an independent and dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
200
Our feet crunched over the frozen snow.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
This type of writing tries to convince the reader to feel a certain way.
What is persuasive writing?
300
The three adjectives in this sentence. The Celcius thermometer told us that the ground was freezing and the air was bitter-cold.
What are Celcius, freezing and bitter-cold?
300
Name three transitions that show SEQUENCE.
Next, then, first, second, third, last, etc.
300
The sentence that states the topic and the specific idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
300
Janey has a heart of gold.
What is an idiom?
300
Any type of writing that tells a story is this type of writing.
What is narrative writing?
400
The adverb and the verb it modifies in this sentence. Millions of teenagers use their phones constantly throughout the day.
What is constantly and used?
400
Write a thesis statement about the best holiday.
Answers will vary.
400
The two jobs of the closing sentence.
What is restate the topic and sum up paragraph?
400
He was a lion on the battlefield.
What is a metaphor?
400
All loose ends are tied up.
What is the falling action?
500
The preposition in this sentence. The clock is hanging above the door,
What is "above"?
500
Part of the thesis that is missing from the following sentence. The iPhone has the most apps, more data and a better camera.
What is the claim?
500
FANBOYS stand for this...
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
500
Correct the following sentence. "Can I ask you a question," the student questioned?
What is move the question mark inside the quotations.
500
Two forces against each other in a work of fiction.
What is the conflict?