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Parts of Speech
Simple Sentences
The Paragraph
The Weak and the Cliche
Punctuation
100
Any person, place, thing, state of being, or quality.
What is a noun?
100
This is the part of a sentence that precedes a verb.
What is the subject?
100
This is the first sentence in a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
100
This is perhaps the weakest adjective that can be used.
What is "really?"
100
This marks the end of a declarative sentence
What is a period?
200
The name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a proper noun?
200
In a simple sentence, this is a word or word group that tells us more about the subject, which usually begins with a verb.
What is the predicate?
200
This is the final sentence in a paragraph
What is the conclusion sentence?
200
Common to the English language, this word is a variation on "really" and is also weak in writing.
What is "very?"
200
This marks the end of an inquisitive sentence.
What is a question mark?
300
Any action performed by a noun which is the subject of a sentence.
What is a verb?
300
This is the grammatical term for a combination of one subject and one predicate.
What is a clause?
300
This is the name of the "space" we use wisely to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph.
What is indentation?
300
This type of sentence, also a heading seen in this game, is important to understand, but can be boring to read if not spiced up.
What is a simple sentence?
300
This marks a separation of clauses or items in a list.
What is a comma?
400
This part of speech is used to describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
400
This is the word or group of words in a sentence that is directly affected by a verb.
What is the direct object?
400
Many paragraphs have roughly this many sentences.
What is eight?
400
When writing a paper, this beginning of the final paragraph is commonly overused.
What is "in conclusion?"
400
This mark, resembling a wink, is used to combine two sentences.
What is a semicolon?
500
While uncommon, this part of speech is used to join together two sentences to create one, usually preceded by a comma.
What is a conjunction?
500
This is the most common basic sentence structure. (Write your answer on the board in question format)
What is Subject + verb + object?
500
When we are writing nonfiction, what letter-word do we avoid using when speaking about our opinions?
What is "I?"
500
This can be one of the many indicators of passive writing.
What is a form of "to be" or "is, am, are, was, were, being, been."
500
This marks a word or set of words being spoken out loud.
What are quotation marks?