Syntax

Subject + Verb + Object

• Basic
• Cumulative
• Loose
• Periodic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end

• Basic
• Cumulative
• Compound
• Periodic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Opens with modifiers; withholds subject and verb until the end

• Basic
• Cumulative
• Loose
• Periodic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3

States something

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

Commands, requests, or instructs

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Expresses strong emotion

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Asks a question

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Used to divide distinct but related sentence components, such as clauses, in which the second elaborates on the first, or to introduce a list, quotation or speech

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Dash
• Parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2

Connects two independent parts of a sentence

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Dash
• Hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.2

Used to indicate a sudden break in thought, to set off parenthetical material

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Dash
• Parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2