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Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs
Literal versus Nonliteral
Coordinating & Subordinating Conjunctions
Comma & Quotation Marks in Dialogue
Simple, Compound, & Complex Sentences
100
Comparing two items, people, places, or ideas.
What is comparative form?
100
Meaning the exact words
What is literal language?
100
For And Nor But Or Yet So
What are common coordinating conjunctions?
100
Use this kind of mark when you are quoting what someone else said or wrote.
What is a quotation mark?
100
A sentence that has one complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
200
Comparing more than two items, people, places, or ideas.
What is superlative?
200
When a word or phrase means something other than the exact words in it.
What is a nonliteral meaning?
200
after as because even though now that rather than so that that until when while
What are common subordinating conjunctions?
200
Put this before a quotation mark.
Where do you put a comma?
200
Two simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
300
shorter
What is the comparative form of short?
300
It is raining verb hard outside.
What is a literal language example?
300
When I use a conjunction to connect two different clauses, or sentences, together.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
300
Where should comma and quotation marks be inserted, or placed? The doctor said Take this medicine twice a day.
The doctor said, "Take this medicine twice a day."
300
Uses a subordinating conjunction to connect clauses in a sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
400
shortest
What is the superlative form of short?
400
I am so over the moon happy that I get to go to the water park over spring break!
What is a nonliteral language example?
400
I did not go to school yesterday because I was not feeling well.
What is a sentence with a subordinating conjunction? *What word in the sentence is the subordinating conjunction?
400
Are the comma and quotation marks in this sentence properly placed? "Please fasten your seat belt, the flight attendant politely asked.
No: "Please fasten your seat belt," the flight attendant politely asked.
400
The children ran fast because they were going to miss the bus.
What is a complex sentence?
500
The first poem was better than the second.
What is a sentence using a comparative adjective?
500
Create a sentence using nonliteral language.
What is an example of a nonliteral sentence? Examples: (1) I'm as hungry as a horse. (2) I was so tired that I slept like a log.
500
Connect these two phrases in a sentence using a subordinating conjunction: the rain is over the children will go out and play
Example: As soon as the rain is over, the children will go out and play.
500
Where should comma and quotation marks be inserted, placed? I told my sister Grandma told us not to do that when she's not here. Her exact words were Don't go into that room!
I told my sister, "Grandma told us not to do that when she's not here." Her exact words were, "Don't go into that room!"
500
Differentiate between a simple sentence and a complex sentence. Then, give an example of each type.
A simple sentence has only one subject and predicate. Example: James plays in the garden. One subject - James; One predicate - plays in the garden. A complex sentence has both an independent clause (one that stands alone) and a dependent clause (cannot stand alone). *A subordinating conjunction goes before the dependent clause. Example: I ate spinach to make my mother happy although I don't like it. Independent clause: I ate spinach to make my mother happy... Subordinating conjunction: although... Dependent clause: I don't like it.