Parts of Speech
A word that names a person, place thing or idea.
What is a noun?
The part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
A sentence that consists of one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
Writing used to convince the reader to accept your point of view or act in a certain way.
What is argument/persuasive writing?
How old is Mr. Davis?
What is 60
A word that shows action or state of being.
What is a verb?
The part of the sentence that says something about the subject, like what it was doing or that it existed.
What is the predicate?
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses
What is a compound sentence?
Writing that tells the reader how to perform a task by giving the steps involved.
What is process writing?
Raise your hand before you talk
Raise your hand before you get out of your seat
What are the two MEC rules?
A word that is used to connect sentences, phrases or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
A group of words that includes a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
What is a prepositional phrase?
A sentence that consists of an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
Writing that is used to tell what something is or explain something.
What is definition?
Breaking pencils
What do the middle school students like to do in Mr. Davis' class instead of doing their work?
A word, usually at the beginning of a sentence and followed by an exclamation point, that shows strong feeling or emotion.
What is an interjection?
The word that a pronoun takes the place of.
What is the antecedent?
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Writing that tells how two or more things are alike, how they are different, or both.
What is compare and contrast writing?
90 minutes
What is how long is a block class at MEC?
Daily Double!!!
A word that relates one noun or pronoun in a sentence to another noun or pronoun showing location or time.
What is a preposition?
Words that modify or limit a noun or pronoun.
What are adjectives?
Two or more complete ideas that are punctuated as one sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
Writing that appeals to the senses by telling how something looks, tastes, smells, feels, or sound
What is descriptive writing?
Mr. Davis' favorite student
Who is EVERY STUDENT HE HAS ?