Punctuation | Titles | sentences | parts of speech | Using correct and better words |
---|---|---|---|---|
What is a comma.
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.
|
What is italics.
You can tell if it is a title of a book because of these.
|
What are periods, exclamation points, and question marks.
These are what you use to correct a run on sentence.
|
What is a introductory word.
It is at the beginning if a sentence and separated from it by a comma.
|
What is the word explained, yelled, ect.
A better word to replace said.
Avery said,"I am not playing, because Jack is a cheater!" |
What is an exclamation point.
It needs to go in the following sentence.
Shelby, I got a new puppy |
What are capitals.
This is missing from the title.
where the red fern grows |
What is a run on sentence.
This happens when two sentences are joined incorrectly.
|
What is a preposition.
Some examples are before, after, around.
|
What is the word have.
The main verb in the following sentence.
I have books. |
What are quotation marks.
These must be used with dialog.
|
What is italics.
You type a title in this.
|
What is a clause.
Two of these put together incorrectly can cause a run on sentence.
|
What is a transition word.
Phrases or words used to connect one idea to the next.
|
What is the word you.
The pronoun in the following sentence.
You have books. |
What is a semi-colon.
This is used to indicate a pause between two classes.
|
What is underlining
This title was typed on a typewriter, so this must be done to it.
Where the Red Fern Grows |
What is a comma.
It needs to be added to fix this sentence.
Lucy will graduate this year but will then go to med school. |
What is a pronoun.
A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase, like I, or you.
|
What is the word lie.
Its the word that fits better in the following sentence.
I lie/lay down in the corn field. |
What is an apostrophe.
You put this in conjunctions.
|
What are double quotes.
What do you use to type the title of a poem.
|
What is an exclamation point.
It separates the introductory word from the rest of the sentence.
Wow that dog's tricks are amazing. |
What is a conjunction.
A word used to connect clauses, like but, or and.
|
What is a fruit fly.
This animal was launched into space in 1947.
|