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Ms. Bailey LA Review
Ms. Bailey SJMS LA Semester Test Review
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| What are the 6 plus 1 Writing traits? | Ideas, Voice, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions and Presentation | |
| Which trait is being described in the following statement? The essay sounds like the writer. | Voice | |
| Which trait is being describes in the following statement? The essay is neat and has few errors. | Conventions/ Presentation | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The paper has interesting details; is clear; and makes sense. | Ideas | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The paper sticks to the topic; has a beginning/middle/end; everything is connected; logical order. | Organization | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The paper includes well-built sentences; the sentences vary; in word choice and length. | Sentence Fluency | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The writer's words are precise; carefully chosen; strong verbs. | Word Choice | (blank) |
| What type of sentence is asks a question? | Interrogative | What is your name? |
| What type of sentence is a command? | Imperative | Close the door. |
| What is a sentence that shows great emotion? | Exclamatory | What a cute kitten! |
| What is sentence called that makes a statement? | Declarative | My family and I went on vacation to Myrtle Beach. |
| What is a phrase that is not a complete thought? | Fragment | Each parent on the list. |
| What are two or more sentences that run together called? | Run-on | (blank) |
| What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea? | Noun | Puppy, kitten,car, happiness |
| What are verbs that show physical or mental action? | Action Verbs | looked, laughed running, thinking |
| What is a verb phrase? | A group of words that does the job of a single verb, there is a principal verb and one or more helping verbs. | The tourists {had lost} their luggage. |
| What is a transitive verb? | A transitive verb shows action passing from the doer to the receiver. | Clarise read the newspaper. |
| When is a verb transitive? | A verb is transitive if it has a direct object or if it contains a form of the verb "BE" plus a past participle. | The workers completed the job. |
| What is a direct object? | A direct object is the word that answers the question "whom" or "what " after the verb. | The boy put the skates on the shelf. |
| What is an intransitive verb? | An intransitive verb is one that has no receiver of its actio; the subject is the doer of the action. | Some flowers grow very well. |
| What is a linking verb? | A linking verb links a noun, pronoun, or adjective to the subject in the sentence. | The capitol of the United States [is] Washington,D.C. (page 447) |
| What is the most common linking verb? | The verb "BE" and its various forms. | is, was, were,are, etc. (page 448) |
| There can be no sentence without a _____________. | Verb | Across the bridge. ( not a sentence because it doesn't contain a verb.) |
| What is the subject of the sentence? | The subject ells whom or what the sentence is about. | Nicholas Sparks is a writer. Who is a writer? Nicholas Sparks |
| What is the manin word or words in the complete subject called? | Simple subject | The four new {students} arrived early. |
| What do you call the words needed to tell what or whom a sentence is about? | Complete subject | {The four new studetns} arrived early. |
| What is the predicate of a sentence? | The part that says something aboutt he subject. | A flock of geese {flew high overhead.} |
| What is the complete predicate? | All of the words that say something about the subject. | The pilot {broke the sound barrier.} |
| What is the simple predicate? | The main word or group of words in the complete prediate. | The pilot {broke} the sound barrier. |
| What is the compound subject? | Consists of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb. The usual connecting word is "and " or "or". | {Paris and London} remain favorite tourist attractions. |
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