Basics
What is two?
The root that means high in the word "altitude"
What is "alt?"
The meaning of the root "polis" in "Persepolis"
What is "city?"
This punctuation mark joins two independent clauses without the need of a conjuction.
What is a semicolon?
The meaning of the root "frat-"
What is brother?
The root that means "sugar" in the word "glucose"
What is "-ose"?
The meaning of the root "omni" in "omniscient"
What is "all?"
This type of sentence that happens when you join two independent clauses without any punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
A root that means "rule"
What is "dom-"
The root that means "year" in the word "annual"
what is "ann"?
The meaning of the root "ism" in "elitism"
What is "practice of?"
A comma splice is when this happens
What is when two independent clauses are joined by just a comma?
A root that means "life."
What is "viv-"?
The root that means "heavy" in the word "gravity"
What is "grav-"?
The meaning of the root "ician" in the word "vulgarian"
What is "specialist"?
This is a group of related words containing a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
A root that means "cut."
What is "sect-"?
The root that means "love" in the word "Philadelphia"
What is "phile"?
The meaning of the root "soror" in "sororal"
What is "sister?"
These seven coordinating conjunctions (with a comma) join independent clauses.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So?