Syntax Quiz

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship is a _________.

• clause

• phrase

• elipsis

• preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

part of speech that connects clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

• adverb

• conjunction

• pronoun

• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

A clause that can stand alone is an ________ clause.

• dependent

• preposition

• independent

• adverbial

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A writer's word choice

• diction

• characterization

• structure

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

An exclamatory sentence ends with

• a comma,

• a period.

• a question mark?

• an exclamation point!

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

CCSS.L.5.1A

A declarative sentence ends with

• a comma,

• a period.

• a question mark?

• an exclamation point!

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

The common sentence structure in English is

• verb-object-subject

• object-verb-subject

• subject-verb-object

• subject-subject-verb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Withholding of syntactic closure (completion of grammatical structure) until the end of a sentence

• Periodic sentence

• loose sentence

• simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Reach syntactic closure early relieving tension and allowing reader to explore the rest of the sentence without urgency.

• Periodic sentence

• loose sentence

• simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

In their favorite class, students will be analyzing SYNTAX in literature. What will they be examining?

• conjugation of verbs

• emotional meaning of words

• dictionary definitions of words

• structure of phrases and sentences

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3