Punctuation
This goes before FANBOYS like for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so to bring together two clauses.
Comma
This can be used to start a list in the middle of a sentence.
Colon :
The most important sentence in an essay. Without this, you get a 0.
Thesis
Setting: A world where everyone is required to be equal with handicaps. Set in 2083 America.
Counter Argument
Which punctation is missing and where?
I have been to three stadiums Cowboys, Rangers, and Bears.
Colon after stadiums:
What needs to be removed?
I went to the store, and bought milk.
The Comma
These sentences show parts of the story that back up your thesis.
Evidence or Concrete Details
Conflict: Parents feel they're losing their children to their technological house.
The Veldt
A number placed next to a word connected to a note at the bottom or side of the page that reveals more information
Footnote
The STAAR will trick you by including an extra one of these. Students sometimes miss it because they don't look at the sentence before and after to see if there are too many.
Quotation mark
What is missing?
Therefore there is no punishment for kids who did the work.
Comma after Therefore,
These sentences explain how evidence supports the thesis
Commentary
Theme: It's a good thing for people to be different and unique, even if it leads to problems.
The Giver
Bold words that preview a section of a passage.
Subheading
Which punctuation is missing and where?
I have been to Ireland it was so beautiful.
Semicolon after Ireland;
Find the mistake.
"You did so great. "You should have been playing on the team the whole season."
Remove the second quotation
The two things we can use for a hook to grab the reader's attention.
Summary or Strong Opinion
Setting: Underneath a bridge in a dark forest. Set during 3 times of a boy's life.
The Troll Bridge
Lumping a group of people together to make a claim about all of them.
Sweeping Generalization
What punctuation is missing and where?
The cake which was chocolate was delicious.
Parenthesis before and after (which was delicious)
Combine these two sentences into one appositive phrase.
We saw the opps during the soccer game. The opps is a boy from CMS.
We saw the opps, a boy from CMS, during the soccer game.
These need to go at the beginning of paragraphs and concrete details.
Transition words
Resolution: The protagonist is able to get what she wants with the help of her little brother and realizes her family is more important to her than she thought.
My Favorite Chaperone
Comparing a complicated topic to something more simple in order to help people understand what it means or how it works.
Analogy