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The Library
The Paragraph
Phrases
Parts of Speech
Sentence Function
100
The library classification system that uses numbers
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
100
What you call the opening paragraph of a paper
What is the introduction?
100
The type of phrase that always ends in -ing and can only function as a noun
What is a gerund?
100
Names a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
Find the predicate adjective: The Mexican soup tasted very spicy to me.
What is spicy?
200
The library classification system that uses letters
What is Library of Congress?
200
What you call the closing paragraph of a paper
What is the conclusion?
200
The phrase that looks like a verb but functions as an adjective
What is a participial phrase?
200
Shows action, links, or helps
What is a verb?
200
Find the subject: There are many weeds growing in my grandmother's backyard.
What is weeds?
300
Three of the six items of information that library catalog will give on a book
What are author, title, subject, call number, publication date, and number of pages?
300
The first sentence of a paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
300
The phrase that consists of "to" plus a verb
What is an infinitive?
300
Joins together words, phrases, and clauses
What is a conjunction?
300
Find the direct object: Soon Brutus and Cassius began to fear the power of Julius Ceasar.
What is "to fear the power of Julius Ceasar"?
400
The section of the library that contains non-fiction books such as atlases, encyclopedias, and dictionaries
What is the reference section?
400
When everything in the paragraph supports the topic sentence
What is unity?
400
The type of noun phrase that follows another noun and renames it
What is an appositive phrase?
400
The parts of speech that an adverb modifies
What are a verb, adjective, and adverb?
400
Find the adjective: The test that we are taking tomorrow will be given at 9:00.
What is "that we are taking tomorrow"?
500
An almanac is an example of this type of book found in the reference section of the library
What is a handbook of miscellaneous information?
500
The three types of order that help achieve coherence in a paragraph
What are space order, chronological order, and order of importance?
500
The infinitive phrase can function as these parts of speech
What are a noun, adjective, and adverb?
500
Shows how a noun or pronoun relates to some other word in the sentence
What is a preposition?
500
Find the the subject: Building aqueducts and bridges became an important part of Roman expansion.
What is "Building aqueducts and bridges"?