Writing Styles
Tells a story.
What is a narrative paragraph?
"The Star Wars movies were international hits."
What is a simple sentence?
All the supporting sentences work together to support the topic sentence.
Two parts of a topic sentence.
What are the topic and controlling idea?
"Men like to shop quickly women like to take their time."
What is a run-on?
Divides a topic into main points and discusses each point separately.
What is 'logical division of ideas'?
"Young people and adults enjoyed the movies."
What is a simple sentence with two subjects and one verb?
Can be a sentence by itself.
What is an independent clause?
"First of all, relaxation reduces stress..."
What is a main point?
"Men like to shop quickly, women like to take their time."
What is a comma splice?
Teaches someone the steps of how to do something.
What is a process paragraph?
"The films entertained and thrilled audiences everywhere."
What is a simple sentence with one subject and two verbs?
A group of words that contains at least one subject and one verb.
What is a clause?
"All in all, leisure time helps people to stay healthy..."
What is a conclusion?
"Students never too busy to help others."
What is a sentence fragment? Missing a subject.
"I went through an unforgettable experience..."
What is a narrative?
"He could choose a big box, or he could choose a small one."
What is a compound sentence?
Where do you add a comma in a complex sentence?
When the dependent clause comes first, separate the clauses with a comma.
"For example, gardening can be a great way to relieve stress."
What is a supporting detail?
Tips for catching a run-on or comma splice.
1.) Check what sentence type it is (ie. simple, compound, complex).
2.) Read sentences aloud.
3.) Look for words like 'then', 'therefore', and 'also'. They commonly occur with run-ons and comma splices.
"There are three reasons I will not get a credit card..."
What is logical division of ideas?
"Because they did not write down their professor's email address, the students had a problem."
What is a complex sentence?
'After' 'When'
'Because' 'Until'
What are subordinators?
'In brief,' 'In conclusion,'
'Indeed,' 'To summarize,'
What are conclusion transition signals?
"We saw an ad for new cars, then we started thinking about..."
What is a comma splice?