Sentence Structure
This is the number of different kinds of sentence structures.
What is 4?
a person, place, thing or idea; can be proper or common
What is a noun?
what the author wants you to learn from their writing
What is theme?
This is an author's perspective and viewpoint that they want their readers to believe.
What is an author's claim?
Quickly, I put on my boots, jacket, and hat to go outside.
What is a simple sentence?
modifies a verb, adjective, and/or adverb; many end in -ly or tell answer "how"
What is an adverb?
True or False? Both main idea and theme should have supporting details from the text to prove them.
What is true?
This is the opposite viewpoint in which a reader or author may use to argue against an author's claim.
What is a counterclaim?
I have a pet iguana, and his name is Fluffy.
What is a compound sentence?
describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
This is a short statement that explains what a story is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
What is a statistic?
As I expected, the amusement park is closed.
Complex sentence
What is a conjunction?
Theme or Main Idea? Treat others as you would like to be treated.
What is a theme?
Fact or opinion? Puppies make the best pets.
What is an opinion?
Though Javon prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much
What is a compound-complex sentence?
action or being
Theme or Main Idea? This movie is about a villain who adopts three girls to help him carry out his plan of stealing the moon.
What is the main idea?
A collection of facts used to support an author's claim.
What is evidence?