Parts of Speech
The special name for the adjectives: a, an, and the.
What is an article?
The controlling idea of an entire essay
What is a thesis statement?
The acronyms to help you remember the coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
Hundreds of fire fighters fought the forest fires last summer.
What is sentence?
The principal of EMS
Who is Mrs. Venegas?
What is a pronoun?
The sentence that controls what the rest of the paragraph is about
What is topic sentence?
The acronyms to help you remember the subordinating conjunctions.
What are SWABIs and THAMOs?
The thought escaped him.
What is sentence?
The cost of a broken screen
What is $50?
What is an adjective?
Use this to indicate that you are moving on to the next paragraph
What is an indent?
This type of sentence joins two complete sentences with a coordinating conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
The cost of a non-working or lost computer
What is $200
What is a conjunction?
A sentence or two meant to draw in your reader and encourage thoughts about the topic
What is a hook?
This type of sentence joins a complete sentence with an incomplete thought using a subordinate conjunction.
What is a complex sentence?
Located in every nook and cranny of the apartment.
What is not a sentence?
The STAAR tests required for 7th grade
What are math, reading, and writing?
What is a preposition?
What is an anecdote?
Where the comma goes:
There weren't enough balloons at the event so Mom had to make another trip to the party goods store.
What is after the word party, before the word so?
Janette, who is coming to pick you up at four this afternoon.
What is not a sentence?
The STAAR tests required for 8th grade
What are reading, math, science, and social studies?