Research
Sentences
Writing
Text Features
Wild Card!
100

.edu, .com, .org, .net, .gov

What are website suffixes?

100

a comma

What always comes before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?

100

To expose 

What is the purpose of an expository essay?

100

information found under a photograph

What is a caption?

100

The truck sped down the road.

What is a simple sentence?

200

currency, relevancy, authority, accuracy, purpose

How do you test a source before using it?

200

If since after when although before because

What are subordinating conjunctions?

200

tells the most important thing the author is trying to say about a topic

What is the Main Idea?

200

url

What is the web address of a website?

200

the "angle" of a thesis statement

What is what the author believes and is going to prove in his writing?

300

and, not, or

What are Booleans?

300

An independent clause 

What is a simple sentence?

300

author's name, title, and main idea

What belongs in the opening sentence of a nonfiction summary?

300

a hyperlink, for example

What is special text?

300

Walmart was out of toilet paper, so we had to go to Family Dollar.

What is a compound sentence?

400

accurate, relevant, pay to use

What is a library data base?

400

Because he didn't eat breakfast

What is a dependent or subordinate clause?

400

You can check it, test it, and prove it to be true or false

What is a fact statement?

400

a visual picture of when events occured

What is a timeline?

400

a group of words with no subject-verb pair

What is a phrase?

500

diary entry, newspaper article, photograph

What are primary sources?

500

When I get older, I plan to go to college.

What is a complex sentence?

500

Last sentence in the introductory paragraph

What is a thesis statement?

500

not as large as a title but larger than a caption

What is a subheading?

500

subject-verb pair

What must follow the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?