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Commas, Dashes, and Parentheses
Capitalization
Main Idea
Pronoun Shifts
Complex Sentences
100
Which of the following is a dash, a parenthese, and a comma? ( , -
( parenthese , comma -dash
100
Using an uppercase letter to show importance of proper nouns.
What is capitalization?
100
The main who and what of the passage. Includes the most important things.
What is main idea?
100
A a word that replaces a person, place or thing. Example: he she it they
What is a pronoun?
100
Parts of a complex sentence
What is subordinating conjunction, independent clause, and dependent clause?
200
The punctuation one would use when adding extra information that is not extremely important to a sentence.
What is parentheses?
200
The first thing that should be capitalized in every sentence.
What is the first letter of the first word in a sentence?
200
Another phrase meaning main idea. __________idea
What is central idea?
200
The part of the sentence that is being replaced with a pronoun.
What is an antecedent?
200
A connecting word in a complex sentence, that begins to add more detail Hint: it is part of the dependent clause
What is a subordinating conjunction?
300
The punctuation you would use when adding additional information to a sentence that is important, or changes the author's tone.
What is a dash?
300
All of the names of people, places, and things that are capitalized in writing. Ex: Burger King, Sophia, Great Wall of China
What is a proper noun?
300
The least number of details that can back up a main idea.
What is two details?
300
Identify the pronoun(s) in this sentence: Tommy drove to the mall to get his mom a present.
What is his?
300
Is this a complex sentence? Although the dog got out, Jane was on time to her dinner meeting.
Yes
400
The punctuation one would use to seperate a list of several items, or a date from the year.
What is a comma?
400
Parts of a title that are capitalized.
What is all important words, including verbs and names?
400
The type of writing/literacy that we find a main idea in.
What is non-fiction?
400
Corret the following sentence: Jill and Jane were getting pizza, but ______ forgot their wallets.
What is they?
400
The subordinating conjunction in this sentence: Max flew through the sky, after getting his wings.
What is after?
500
The best punctuation to correct this sentence (could be more than one): The restaurant had so many items to choose from steak hamburgers salads and chicken Jimmy couldn't decide.
The restaurant had so many items to choose from- steak, hamburgers, salads, and chicken- Jimmy couldn't decide.
500
Correct the following sentence for capitalization mistakes: tammy was on a tour of the field museum in chicago on saturday.
Tammy was on a tour of the Field Museum in Chicago on Saturday.
500
Identify the main idea of this paragraph: Jake has been great at playing basketball since he was 5 years old. Jake has played on several competitive and non-competitive teams in the last 9 years. This year he is a freshman in high school and will play on the varsity team.
Jake is a great basketball player. Or Jake has been a good basketball player for a long time.
500
The two parts of a pronoun shift that must be in agreement to correcly shift the pronoun.
What is the number and person of a pronoun?
500
The independent clause in this sentence: Mr. Randolph walks through the hallways, as students are going to lunch.
What is "Mr. Randolph walks through the hallways"