Syntax

Subject + Verb + Object

• Basic
• Cumulative
• Loose
• Periodic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

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.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

States something

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Commands, requests, or instructs

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Expresses strong emotion

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Asks a question

• Declarative
• Imperative
• Exclamatory
• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

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.9-10.2B

Connects two independent parts of a sentence

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Dash
• Hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Dash
• Parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A