| Complete or Incomplete thought? | Paragraph Parts | Conjunctions | More Conjunctions! | Sentences |
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What is an incomplete thought, or NO this is not a complete thought.
Before he left.
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What is an OPENING HOOK?
It comes before the topic sentence and catches the reader's attention.
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What is "NOR?"
It's the N in FANBOYS.
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What is ALTHOUGH?
Which word is a subordinate conjunction?
FOR, ALTHOUGH, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO |
What is NOT STAND ON THEIR OWN? Or, MAKE A SENTENCE of any kind.
Incomplete thoughts can not do this.
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What is a complete thought, or YES this is a complete thought.
Why did you do that?
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What are SUPPORTING DETAILS?
Sometimes you have three or more of these to support your topic sentence.
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What is BECAUSE?
Which subordinate conjunction would work in this sentence?
Don't feed your brother pennies _____ I said so! |
What is CO?
This part of the word "coordinating" means "equal" or "the same."
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What is SIMPLE?
.Complete thoughts can be called Independent Clauses or _____ sentences.
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What is a complete thought, or YES this is a complete thought.
My brother and I were different when we were younger.
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What is a CONCLUSION SENTENCE?
It restates the topic sentence using different words.
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What is BESIDE?
Which word is a subordinate conjunction?
FOR, AND, NOR, BESIDE, OR, YET, SO |
What is OR?
It's the "O" in FANBOYS
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What is a COMPLEX SENTENCE? (an independent clause glued to a dependent clause, or an incomplete thought glued to a complete thought.)
What kind of sentence is this?
Later that day, Jack asked Jill for a ride. |
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What is an incomplete thought, or NO this is not a complete thought.
Although we have similarities now.
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What are TRANSITION WORDS?
Words like, "In conclusion", "First, Second, Third", or "On one hand..."
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What is SUB?
This part of the word "subordinate" means "it needs help" or "unequal."
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but
If I break the following sentence at the FANBOYS, what kind of thoughts do I have?
My dress was cleaned |
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE? (2 complete thoughts connected by a FANBOYS.)
Jack hiked up the hill, but Jill rode her Harley Davidson
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What is a complete thought, or YES this is a complete thought.
He loves drawing, but I love painting.
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What is a TOPIC SENTENCE?
This is an example of a bad one:
In this paragraph, I'm going to talk about aliens. |
What are FANBOYS? Or What are COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS?
These conjunctions glue two complete thoughts together. We can put the complete thoughts on either side of these conjunctions.
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What is NO, or what is there are NO FANBOYS in this sentence?
Is there a FANBOYS in this sentence?
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are fantastic! |
What is a CONJUNCTION? (This is an example of a comma splice.)
What's missing from this sentence?
I ate dessert at the restaurant, I ate more at home. |
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