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Parts of Speech
Sentence Types
Clauses and Objects
Writing Process
Types of Writing
100
This is the part of speech that modifies the noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
100
This is a sentence that makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
100
This phrase has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
100
In writing, this is the verb form in which the subject of the sentence performs or causes the action expressed by the verb. (Hint: "voice")
What is active voice?
100
This is when you write to record thoughts and feelings in addition to reflections on school, life, people etc.
What is personal writing?
200
This is the part of speech that modifies adverbs, adjectives and verbs.
What is the adverb?
200
This is the type of sentence you hear when your mother wants you to do a chore.
What is an imperative sentence?
200
This is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb.
What is a direct object?
200
These are the number of steps in the writing process.
What is five?
200
This is non-fiction writing that aims to communicate facts.
What is expository writing?
300
This is the part of speech that helps us create interesting sentences-- it allows us to replace names with various forms of this part of speech.
What is the pronoun?
300
Does this kind of question have its own classification?
YES! What is the interrogative sentence.
300
This is a noun or a pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom the action of a verb in a sentence is performed.
What is an indirect object?
300
This is how we begin to record and organize our ideas initially.
What is brainstorming?
300
This is the writing you will focus quite a bit on at school. It will help you in life in many ways.
What is persuasive writing?
400
This part of speech can indicate a state of being.
What is the verb?
400
This sentence contains at least one indenpendent clause and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
This is a group of words thaat contains a subject and a predicate and can stand alone in a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
400
This concept is what many of our schoolwide rubrics are created from.
What are the six traits of writing?
400
This is writing that focuses closely on examining specific aspects of literature.
What is literary response?
500
This part of speech can function as the subject, object of a verb, object of a preposition, or an appositive.
What is a noun?
500
This sentence contains at least two independent clauses, often joined by a conjunction
What is a compound sentence.
500
This is a group of words made up of a preposition, its object, and any of the objects modifiers.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
This is the final step in the writing process.
What is publishing?
500
This concept encompasses the idea that we must work on writing because writing is needed at all levels and in all content areas in school.
What is writing across the curriculum?