Subjects/Predicates
What is a simple predicate?
Tells what a subject is, has, is like, or is doing (a verb).
What type of sentence is shown below?
I bought a new radio for use during emergencies.
Declarative - making a statement.
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or run-on?
Mrs. Richardson lived in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Simple - one subject and one predicate
What type of noun is bolded in the following sentence?
Edgard Allen Poe is known for his dark and twisted works of literature.
A. Common
B. Proper
C. Collective
D. Possessive
B. Proper - names a particular author (Poe)
A direct objects answers what in a sentence?
"Who" or "What"
What two things MUST a pronoun agree with?
Gender and number
What story element includes the series of events in a story?
PLOT
What is a complete subject?
A simple subject with all its modifiers.
What type of sentence is shown below?
I hope we get another snow day!
Exclamatory - shows strong feeling and ends with a !
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or run-on?
The theater group rehearsed in the morning, and they performed the play in the afternoon.
Compound - two simple sentences joined by a conjunction (and).
What type of noun is bolded in the following sentence?
The whale pod migrates south in the winter.
A. Singular
B. Plural
C. Collective
D. Possessive
C. Collective - a group of whales is called a pod.
An indirect object answers what in a sentence?
"TO whom" or "FOR whom".
Is the pronoun that is bolded in the sentence below a subject pronoun or an object pronoun?
When Zero found out why Stanley was arrested, he told the truth about why Stanley was convicted.
Subject pronoun - he is Zero, who is the subject of the sentence.
What part of a story's plot includes the events that work to build interest, tension, or suspense in a story?
Rising Action
Identify the simple subject in the sentence below.
Students attend school for 220 days per year.
Students.
What type of sentence is shown below?
Do you think we should go to the movies before or after dinner?
Interrogative - asking a question.
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or run-on?
J.K Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series have you read any of the books?
Run-on - this sentence needs to be separated into two sentences to be properly written.
What type of noun is bolded in the sentence below?
My bus stop is right around the corner from my house, so I don't have to walk very far.
A. Possessive
B. Compound
C. Appositive
B. Compound - "bus stop" is a noun that is made up of two words.
What is the direct object in the sentence below?
Carol made her family a beautiful scrapbook.
A scrapbook - tells me what Carol made.
Is the pronoun that is bolded in the sentence below a subject pronoun or an object pronoun?
Stanley gave him a tube of lipstick after finding it in the hole.
Object pronoun - him is referencing an indirect object.
What is an idea formed by combining text evidence and one's reasoning and prior knowledge?
Inference/Infer
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
We said our vows loudly in front of friends and family members.
Said our vows loudly in front of friends and family members.
What type of sentence is shown below?
Sign up for basketball lessons with me this summer.
Imperative - giving a command.
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or run-on?
Jen plays soccer; she also plays field hockey.
Compound - two simple sentences are joined together by a semicolon (;).
What type of noun is bolded in the sentence below?
My uncle, Jason, is known for his delicious barbecue and has won awards for his dishes.
*Hint: it starts with an "a"*
Appositive: the noun uncle has another noun next to it to add more information about who he is.
What is the indirect object in the sentence below?
Mrs. Campbell offered Mrs. Richardson some assistance.
Mrs. Richardson -tells me to who that assistance was offered.
What is the antecedent to the pronoun in the following sentence?
Mr. Pendanski deserved it when he was hit in the face with a shovel.
Mr. Pendanski - "he" is who the pronoun refers to.
List ALL of the conjunctions. Think: they have groupies!
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
What is the compound predicate in the following sentence?
The baby whined and complained for his mommy the whole night.
While and complained.
What type of sentence is shown below?
Go to bed right now or you will lose your phone!
Imperative - giving a command
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or run-on?
All of the sailboats and canoes are in the water or on the shore.
Simple - there are conjunctions, but if you remove them the two sentences can not stand alone.
What type of noun is bolded in the sentence below?
Steve Irwin, a passionate and intelligent wildlife advocate, is my hero.
An appositive phrase - a group of words if listed after the subject of the sentence that adds information to the noun.
What is the indirect object in the sentence below?
Shirley brought the class a giant case of cupcakes.
The class
What is the antecedent to the pronoun in the following sentence?
There were many lizards in the hole that Stanley and Zero dug, but they did not bite the boys, much to everyone's surprise.
The lizards
This one isn't on your sheet - let's see who remembers!
What do you call an idea or feeling that a word suggests in addition to its literal or primary meaning? (Hint: It starts with "C")
Connotation