Parts of Speech
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
A sentence with one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
This error occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or verb.
What is a fragment?
Writing that is clear and avoids unnecessary words is called this.
What is concise writing?
This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
Use this punctuation mark to join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
“The dogs lost its toys.” This is an example of this type of agreement error.
What is pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
Repeating the same word or idea unnecessarily is called this.
What is redundancy?
Words like “quickly,” “very,” and “well” are examples of this.
What are adverbs?
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
This punctuation introduces a list or explanation.
What is a colon?
“She don’t like pizza.” This is an example of this type of error.
What is subject-verb agreement error?
Using active voice instead of passive voice improves this aspect of writing.
What is clarity?
This part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or).
What is a conjunction?
This error occurs when two independent clauses are joined with only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
These are used to set off nonessential information.
What are commas?
Confusing “there,” “their,” and “they’re” is an example of this type of error.
(Hint: very literal)
What are commonly confused words?
“The experiment was conducted by the students.” This is an example of this voice.
What is passive voice?
In the sentence “Swimming is my favorite form of exercise,” what part of speech is “swimming”?
What is a noun (gerund)?
“Although she studied hard, she failed the test.” The underlined portion is this type of clause.
What is a dependent (subordinate) clause?
“Its” vs. “it’s”—one shows possession, the other shows this.
What is a contraction (it is)?
“Running down the street, the backpack fell off.” This is an example of this error.
What is a dangling modifier?
This technique combines sentences to avoid choppiness and improve flow.
What is sentence variety (or sentence combining)?