Commas
Two of them are separated by a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction.
What is an independent clause?
A kind of noun is always capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
Shortenings (like OMG), contractions (like can't), and filler words (like um) are characteristic of this tone.
What is informal or spoken language?
She ran like a cheetah.
What is simile?
The grammatically correct version of "Me and my friends went to the mall."
What is "My friends and I went to the mall?"
A punctuation mark that is required to be between a bit of dialogue and the non-spoken parts of the sentence.
What is a comma?
Adjectives modify them.
What are nouns?
Long words, including the longer forms of acronyms and abbreviations (like because or cannot) are characteristic of this tone.
What is formal writing?
I flew home to tell my parents the news.
What is metaphor?
The formatting choice necessary to switch between different speakers in dialogue.
What is an indent?
Anything separated out from the rest of a sentence with a comma on either side.
What is unnecessary information?
The part of speech of "good" in "I am good at sports."
What is adjective?
Pronouns that should never be used in formal essay writing.
What are I and you?
Sam hid behind the couch, waiting for her to arrive.
When Abby got home, she walked in the front door, completely unaware of what was going to happen to her next.
What is suspense or dramatic irony?
The number of times you should hit "enter" when starting a new paragraph.
What is 1?
It is ALWAYS separated out with commas from the rest of a person's name and the rest of the sentence.
What is a title? (e.g. M.D., D.O., R.N., Esq., PhD.)
This word is capitalized in the following sentence:
As soon as I get to school, I'm immediately waiting for snack because I can't wait to eat my cheese puffs.
What is Snack?
You might make this verb choice to keep the writer in suspense and help them feel like the story is unfolding right in front of them.
What is present tense?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
A kind of language where it is acceptable to violate some traditional grammar rules.
What is informal or spoken language?
Where any sentence-ending or phrase-ending punctuation (like a comma, colon, or period) goes in relation to quotation marks.
What is before or inside?
The part of speech of "very" in "I am very excited to see you."
What is adverb?
The only situation where you are allowed to use both past and present in the same story.
Like a moth to a flame, he was drawn to the Historical Fiction shelf of the library.
What is analogy?
The four pieces of information required at the top left corner of the first page in an MLA-formatted assignment.
What are name, teacher's name, class, and due date?