Grab Bag
What is Times New Roman?
The part of speech should I look for if I want to know if an opener is a preposition or a clause.
What is a verb?
Identify the opener: Shere Khan did not follow the laws of the jungle.
What is a #1 Opener?
A dependent clause needs this to be considered a correct sentence.
What is a main clause?
This is a sentence that has two or more main clauses that are not joined together properly.
What is a run on sentence?
This is Ms. Shurance's fiance's name.
What is Christopher?
Identify the part of speech: strongly.
What is an adverb?
Identify the Opener: My dog is really cute.
What is a #1 Subject Opener?
The two essential elements in a clause (all clauses have these).
What is a subject and a verb?
What are two main clauses?
When a word shows possession (his, their, Ms. Shurance's, Kate's) it is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
This is the part of speech that FANBOYS are.
What are conjunctions? (correlating conjunctions)
Identify the opener: Surprisingly, the party went off without a hitch in spite of all of the disasters that led up to it.
What is a #3 -ly opener?
A prepositional phrase always ends in this part of speech.
What is a noun or pronoun?
This is one way to fix run-ons.
What are periods, semicolons, and commas with a FANBOYS word?
This is the name for the part of dialogue where we learn who is speaking (ex. ...he said.)
What is an attribution?
This is the color a strong verb should be highlighted in.
What is red?
Identify the opener: In the shadows Shere Kahn lurked, waiting for his prey.
What is a #2 prepositional opener?
What are subordinating conjunctions? (WWW.ASIA.B)
This is the term for a type of run-on sentence in which the main clauses are separated by only a comma with no coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma splice?
These are the three words that articles can be.
What are a, an, and the.
This is the three parts of speech an adverb can modify (describe).
What are verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs?
Identify the opener: From the beginning of the school year, I have worked hard to turn in all my assignments on time.
What is a #2 prepositional opener?
The difference between "because of" and "because".
What is "because of" is a preposition and "because" is a www.asia.b word?
This is the term for the type of run on that occurs when two main clauses are joined by no punctuation at all (like a welder).
What is a fused sentence?