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Sentence Structure
Sentence structure
Sentence structure
Organization
Usage
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The ___ names who or what the sentence is about.

What is the subject?

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When a modifier is put in the wrong place in a sentence, it can confuse the reader or change the meaning of the sentence. Ex: Our feet horriblly when we swelled walked.
What is a misplaced modifier? The sentence should say: our feet swelled horribly when we were walking.
100
You need Atleast ????? Sentences to complete a paragraph?
What is 5?
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The subject and the verb must both be plural or singular to make a complete sentence.
What is subject-verb agreement?
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The ____ tells what the subject is or does. It is the action word in the sentence.

What is a verb?

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A _____ sentence contains two or more independent clauses to show how the ideas are related.

What is a compound sentence? 

two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or a semicolon.

Example:

  • Simple Sentence: I like pizza.
  • Compound Sentence: I like pizza, and I like pasta.
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A modifier is ???? When the sentence is missing the subject it is modifying. Ex: running after the bike, but the robber got away.
What is a dangling modifier? She kept running after her bike, but the robber got away.
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What is the last sentence in each paragraph of an essay called?
What is a transition?
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Know, knew, known See, saw, seen Take, took, taken Examples of what verb tenses?
What is present, past, and past participle?
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An independent clause

What is a complete sentence with a subject and verb?

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A _____ sentence contains 1 subject, 1 verb, and expresses a complete thought.

What is a simple sentence?  

For example:

  • "The cat sleeps."
  • "I love pizza."
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All the series of elements in the sentence are all in the same tense. For example: shaped, cloned, and shaved Not shaping , cloned, and shave.
What is parallel structure?
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The ???? Sentence states the main idea of a sentence.
What is a topic sentence?
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A word that can be used in place of the name of a person, place, or thing. It can be a subject or an object.
What is a personal pronoun?
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for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What are coordinating conjunctions?  You use them to create compound sentences. For example:

"I wanted to go to the movies, but it started raining."

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A ????? Sentence has two or more independent clauses joined incorrectly. To fix this type of sentence it is often easier to separate the thoughts and just make 2 sentences.
What is a run on sentence?
400
Read the paragraph 'Mars' on page 87. Answer question 8.
What is answer 4?
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An essay should have this many paragraphs?
What is 5?
400
True or false... I should use a comma to separate items in a series of 3 or more.
What is true?
500

Complete sentences are also called this...

What is an independent clause?  

A group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence. It has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

For example:

  • "I love pizza."
  • "She plays soccer."

In both examples, you have a subject (I, she) and a verb (love, plays), and they make sense on their own.

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When u stick a comma in a sentence where it is not needed. Or without a conjunction. * this is a huge no no when formally writing**
What is a comma splice?
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Read the paragraph on page 80' Elevator music'. Answer question 5.
What is answer 5?
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What is the last paragraph of an essay called? What is the purpose if this paragraph?
What is a closing paragraph? The purpose Is to summarize and close out the essay.
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Words that sounds alike but have different meanings. Provide and example.
What is a homonymn? Example: see ( I can see things with my eyes) sea ( the ocean)