Syntax
What sentence only contain an independent clause?
What is a simple sentence?
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is the climax?
What is the writer's attitude towards his or her subject?
What is tone?
This element is developed through characterization and plot.
What is theme?
What is wrong with this sentence:
Abdul was to late to go to the game, so he stayed home.
What is to should be too?
The cottage has a wide porch, where we often sit is an example of which type of sentence?
What is a complex sentence?
The part of the plot where the action begins is known as what?
What is the rising action?
Writers create tone using ________ and ________?
What is diction and tone?
_______ is the main claim, belief, or point of view?
What is a thesis?
How should the following sentence be written:
Cori sometimes works in water colors however she usually prefers acrylics.
What is:
Cori sometimes works in water colors; however, she usually prefers acrylics.
What type of clause has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone because it does not express a complete thought?
What is a subordinate or dependent clause?
The part of the plot where the action is starting to come to a close is known as what?
What is the falling action?
_______ is the emotional associations and overtones of a word?
What is connotation?
This type of writing discusses an issue that is controversial or can be debated.
What is argumentative?
An author's specific way of writing, word choices, etc. describes what literary term?
What is style?
The cottage has a wide porch, and we often sit there as we watch the sunset is an example of which sentence type?
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The traditional plot development where the events in the story are told in chronological order?
What is linear plot?
_______ includes grammar choices and sentence structures?
What is syntax?
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?
What is irony?
What are the three simple verb tenses?
What is past tense, present tense, and future tense?
What are the most used coordinating conjunctions?
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
The nontraditional plot development author's use to go back in time to tell a story is known as what?
What is nonlinear plot development?
The historical, social, and economic aspects of the story's time period and location is known as the?
What is setting.
An author's ______ is his or her reason for writing a text?
What is purpose?
When constructing a sentence _________ and ___________ must agree?
What is subject and verb?