Midterm Part 1 Review

A mini review of punctuation, noun functions, and sentence types

; (semicolon) - (hyphen) ' (apostrophe) , (comma)

• used to join two independent clauses (2 complete sentences)

• if you use a semicolon, make sure there is a complete sentence before and after the semicolon

• Example: Elephants are elegant; they move gracefully across the land.

• used to join words together to make one word

• Example: The eighty-fifth taco, tilt-a-whirl

• shows ownership

• Example: Dylan's maps

• used to show letters were removed/ omitted

• Example: They can't do that! or I'm goin' to scream!

• Used when prepositional phrases or dependent clauses begin a sentence

• Example: When the day is over, I'm going home.

• Used before a tag in dialogue

• Example: "Hey," Kate called.

• Used around prepositional phrases or dependent clauses when the information is nonessential

• Example: The book, from last year, was interesting.

Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP

• Subject: The *dog* is running around.

• OP (Obj. of Prep.): In the *room,* you will find a flashlight.

• DO (Direct Object): I gave him a *paper*.

• IO (Indirect Object): I gave *him* a paper.

• PN (Predicate Nominative): The box is a *present.*

declarative imperative interrogative exclamatory

• Declarative: makes a statement

• Imperative: gives a command

• Interrogative: asks a question

• Exclamatory: shows strong emotion

Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex

Simple: The grey cat is soft.

Compound: The cat is soft, and it is friendly.

Complex: Because the cat is friendly, I snuggle it.

C-C: The cat is soft, and it is friendly because I give it treats.