Words

Question 1

Direct Object

Answer 1

A noun that follows an action verb. It receives the action

Question 2

Tense of a Verb

Answer 2

Shows the time of action;past, present, and future

Question 3

Commas

Answer 3

Are used to separate items in a series, to separate parts of dates, to separate parts of names

Question 4

Colons

Answer 4

Are used to separate hours and minutes in time or to introduce a list and follow a business letter.

Question 5

Semicolons

Answer 5

Are used to separate independent clauses in a sentence

Question 6

Parentheses

Answer 6

Are used to show that information is not part of main statement

Question 7

Quotation marks

Answer 7

Used to show the beginning and end of someone’s exact words

Question 8

Sentence

Answer 8

A group of words that express a complete thought; has a subject and predicate

Question 9

Noun

Answer 9

Names a person, place, or thing

Question 10

Subject pronoun

Answer 10

Indicates who or what performs the action of a sentence as in: I, you, he, she, it, they, and we are subjects.

Question 11

Object pronoun

Answer 11

Indicates who and what receives action from: me, you, him, her, it, us, and them are objects

Question 12

Singular Noun

Answer 12

Names a person place or thing

Question 13

Plural noun

Answer 13

Names more than one

Question 14

Possessive noun

Answer 14

Show ownership

Question 15

Adjective

Answer 15

Tell what kind of, which one, or how many

Question 16

Adverb

Answer 16

Tells how, where, when, and to what extent

Question 17

Verb

Answer 17

Word that expresses action or a state of being

Question 18

Predicate

Answer 18

The sentence part that says something about the subject. It contains the verb or verb phrases

Question 19

Simple Sentence

Answer 19

A sentence that expresses only one complete thought

Question 20

Compound Sentence

Answer 20

Made up of 2 simple sentences joined by a comma and the word and, but, or or

Question 21

Sentence Fragment

Answer 21

A word group that has no subject or predicate or does not express a complete thought

Question 22

Run-On Sentence

Answer 22

Consists of 2 or more sentences joined without conjunction

Question 23

Independent Clause

Answer 23

Another name for a simple sentence

Question 24

Dependent Clause

Answer 24

Has a subject and a verb but CANNOT stand alone as a sentence for it has no complete thought

Question 25

Complex Sentence

Answer 25

Consists of one independent Clause and one or more dependent clause.

Question 26

Compound-Complex Sentence

Answer 26

Consist of 2 or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

Question 27

Analyze

Answer 27

examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

Question 28

Infer

Answer 28

An inference is a logical guess that is made based on facts and ones own knowledge and experience

Question 29

Interpret

Answer 29

explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions).

Question 30

Summarize

Answer 30

To summarize is to briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in ones own words

Question 31

Compare

Answer 31

Identify the similarities of two or more subjects

Question 32

Synthesize

Answer 32

To synthesize information means to take individual pieces of information and combine them in order to gain a better understanding of a subject

Question 33

Photographs

Answer 33

a picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally.

Question 34

Captions

Answer 34

a title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.