CH. 30: Writing Conventions

Question 1

Nouns

Answer 1

• people, places, things, or ideas [most fundamental part of speech in english language]
  
  • answer the question: “what” or “who” in a sentence
  • also serve as Subject in sentence

Question 2

Pronouns

Answer 2

• words that take the place of nouns
  
  • help us avoid having to repeat persons name
  • I / me / he / him/ she / her / it / they / we / our / ours

Question 3

Verbs

Answer 3

• the actions in a sentence
• {ex: fly / laugh / believe / run / think / soar / forgive / compete / magnify}
• In order to have a complete sentence there needs to be: Subject + Verb

Question 4

Adverbs

Answer 4

• modify, or give us more information about verbs
  
  • how / when / where / why
  • used as single words or as whole phrases

Question 5

Adjectives

Answer 5

• words that describe nouns
  
  • explain size / number / color / quantity
  • writing would be boring without it
  • add color to our sentences

Question 6

Prepositions

Answer 6

• important for connecting words and phrases together in sentences
  
  • after / against / among / above / around / beneath

Question 7

Conjunctions

Answer 7

• join words, phrases, and sentences together

- and / but / or / so / for / nor / yet

Question 8

Interjection

Answer 8

an exclamation / strong emotion / interrupts flow of sentence

Question 9

Colon

Answer 9

way of letting the reader know there’s more to come to further illustrate a thought after the main clause

Question 10

Semicolon

Answer 10

used to connect two independent clauses that are closely related to each other, to connect transitional words and phrases within a sentence, and to keep items in a list that have internal punctuation separate

Question 11

Independent Clause

Answer 11

a clause with at least one subject and one verb that can stand on its own as a sentence

Question 12

Dependent Clause

Answer 12

The clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand on its own as a sentence

Question 13

Modifier

Answer 13

• is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies [or describes] another word
• ex: “the tin man” / “the cowardly lion”

Question 14

Clear sentence checklist

Answer 14

• Do all the words in the sentence serve a purpose?
• Is the sentence in a passive voice?
• Are all of your commas, colons, and semicolons in the right place?
• Is anything misspelled?
• Do your subjects and verbs all agree with each other?

Question 15

Passive Voice

Answer 15

the subject is a recipient of a verb’s actions (ex: The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday)

Question 16

Active Voice

Answer 16

(ex: I will clean the house every Saturday) - the subject is the one performing the action