9 Weeks Test Review

Which of these is a supporting detail?

What does the topic sentence of a paragraph tell you?

Which of the following is a dependent clause?

Read the compound sentence below. What is the conjunction?Penguins can’t fly, but they can walk on the ground.

  What do subordinating conjunctions do?

 Read the sentence, and choose the independent clause.Niko won’t go to the dentist unless his dad goes with him.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?The river swallowed the town whole.

 Which of the following is not a type of poem?

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

  True or False: When a dependent clause comes at the start of a complex sentence, you need to put a comma after it.

How do you create a complex sentence?

What is TRUE about poetry?

Which of these is the best word or phrase to start a closing sentence?

A paragraph is a group of sentences that are about the same ________.

True or False: The closing sentence of a paragraph should be exactly the same as the topic sentence.

 Read the sentence below. What is the subject of the sentence?Sammy skated to the park.

Which of these is a complex sentence that has the correct punctuation?

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

Join them with the right punctuation.She’ll learn to play the panio. She'll learn to play the trumpet.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

A(n) ________ clause can’t stand on its own as a sentence.

Read the group of words below. What would you have to add to it to make it a simple sentence?got a pet turtle.

Which of these is a simple sentence?

What do we call an action word like “run”?

Which poetic device is used in the following line?Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

  What does it mean for a line to be indented?

Read, and choose where a comma should go.Since Mara stopped playing piano the house has been a lot quieter.

Which of the following does not use figurative language?

Rhyming is when some words

  Supporting details give ________ that backs up the main idea.

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

Which of these is in the correct order for writing a paragraph?

Which of the following is an independent clause?

Which of these is a compound sentence?

  A closing sentence can restate the main idea or be a ________ of all the ideas in the paragraph.

  A paragraph can give ________ about the topic.

A simple sentence must form a complete thought. What else do you need to make a simple sentence?

What do you use to join two simple sentences to make a compound sentence?

How could you change it to make it a compound sentence?It’s cold in the winter, it’s hot in the summer.