8 Parts of Speech
a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
I go at the end of a statement
True or False
A thesis statement is a single sentence.
What is true?
In the car, the boy.
What is a fragment?
Which thesis statement is better?
A. Every hour, 1.5 million tons of garbage is dumped into the ocean. There are many organizations that are trying to help, and I would also like to help.
B. Every US citizen needs to volunteer to help save the oceans from becoming a garbage dump. If we all volunteer, we will solve the ocean fundraising problem, solve the labor shortage of ocean workers and better understand the consequences of our actions.
What is B?
the action or the state of being in a sentence
What is a verb?
I go at the end of an interrogative sentence
What is the question mark?
3 parts of a thesis statement
What is topic, claim, and reasons?
During halftime, the cheerleaders took a break.
What is a sentence?
Is this a good thesis statement? Why or why not?
In this essay I will explain why the environment should be a politician's number one agenda item.
No.
1)The student says "In this essay, I will explain..."
2)There is no WHY
3)But there IS a claim
replaces a noun
What is a pronoun?
I am usually found after an interjection
What is an exclamation mark?
Is this a strong thesis statement and why:
Laughter is essential in life in order to relieve stress.
What is yes it is a strong thesis because it states the topic, claim, and reason?
Sentence or fragment- if a fragment state what is missing.
After school in La Vernia, the girls to the gym for a volleyball game.
What is a fragment? and is missing the verb
Is the below sentence a thesis statement or an attention grabber?
Imagine walking into a restaurant where everything comes from a farm less than 100 miles away.
What is an Attention grabber?
modifies a noun or pronoun. Answers the questions: Which one? What kind? How many? How much?
What is an adjective?
I am found after a prepositional phrase if it begins a sentence
what is a comma?
Is this a strong thesis statement and why:
The president was wrong.
What is no because it is missing the reason?
Sentence or fragment- if a fragment, what part is missing?
Jeffery, the boy in the front row, is asleep at his desk.
What is a sentence?
Which thesis statement is better?
A. Every hour, 1.5 million tons of garbage is dumped into the ocean. There are many organizations that are trying to help, and I would also like to help.
B. Every US citizen needs to volunteer to help save the oceans from becoming a garbage dump. If we all volunteer, we will solve the ocean fundraising problem, solve the labor shortage of ocean workers and better understand the consequences of our actions.
What is B?
I always run in a pack with a noun and sometimes an adjective.
What is a preposition?
edit this sentence:
The dog ran to the park
What is a period at the end of the sentence?
where the reader finds the thesis statement
What is the last sentence in the introduction?
Sentence or fragment- if a fragment, what part is missing?
Are big and hairy.
What is a fragment missing the subject?
Which thesis is stronger? Why?
a. Because To Kill a Mockingbird is a popular secondary education book, paints an accurate picture of the south in the 1930's, and contains well developed characters, I think most students should read it.
b. Because To Kill a Mockingbird is a popular secondary education book, paints an accurate picture of the south in the 1930's, and contains well developed characters, most schools should make it required reading.
What is B because it states "most school" and not "I think"