Writing Terms
This type of writing tells a story
What is a narrative
There are two kinds of descriptive words. This is what they are and what they describe.
What is an adverb describes a verb, and an adjective describes a noun.
True or False:
Coordinate adjectives should have a comma between them.
What is a dependent clause
This type of sentence has one independent clause
What is a simple sentence
This type of writing is used when you want to prove one side of a conversation.
What is argumentative
This sentence has an example of this kind of noun (singular or plural & possessive or not possessive) in it: "The little girl's ponytail was high."
What is a singular possessive
True or False:
You should always put a comma after a name if it is the first word in a sentence.
False. You should only put a comma after a name at the beginning of a sentence if you are speaking to the person that the name says.
Example: "Mrs. Sheppard, I need help"
What is the first prepositional phrase in this sentence:
"The students walked away from their chairs without pushing them in."
What is "from their chairs"
This type of sentence has two independent clauses that are either combined with a comma conjunction or a semicolon
What is a compound sentence
This type of writing is used to tell someone about something
What is informative
This is when you compare two things. Often you will see a : between them or read it as _____ is to _____ as _____ is to _____ .
What is an analogy
True or False: Big works titles should be in quotation marks and small works titles should be italicized/underlined.
False, big works titles should be italicized/underlined and small works titles should be in quotation marks.
This is the dictionary definition of a word, and this is the implied meaning of the word.
What is the denotation and connotation
This type of sentence incorrectly punctuates multiple clauses
What is a run-on sentence
This is used to argue against your own claim
What is a counterclaim
This is what you call the noun that is the pronoun is referring to.
What is an antecedent
True or False: Mrs. Sheppard says to think of the squirrel in a desk or tree example when talking about analogies.
False, Mrs. Sheppard uses that example when referring to prepositions.
Where in this sentence should we add commas:
Kylie wants to go to New York City New York so she can see the Statue of Liberty Central Park and Yankee Stadium.
Kylie wants to go to New York City, New York, so she can see the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and Yankee Stadium.
This type of sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause and often splits the clauses with a comma
What is a complex sentence
The article title "The Step by Step Guide to Being a Good Student" would infer that the text will be this type of writing.
What is informative
What is a gerund
True or false:
This is an independent clause:
"ran to the store"
False, this is a fragment because there is no subject.
Please write me an example of a complex sentence & label the clauses (IC or DC)
Answers may vary
This is an example of this type of sentence: "The cat ran away, but nobody was worried because he was trained to find his home."
What is a compound complex sentence.