Mentor Sentence #4

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name.

- This is what type of sentence?

• exclamatory

• complex

• compound

• simple statement

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name.

Why is the word, Finn, capitalized?

• It is Mrs. Steinbrink's dog's name

• it is a noun

• it starts the compound sentence

• Proper noun

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name.

The end mark makes the sentence a ------

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name.

List the pronouns in this sentence in order.

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name.

What is the preposition from the sentence?

• of

• a lot

• the

• but

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name.

What is the conjunction in the sentence?

• a lot

• of

• the

• but

What is the job of the comma and the conjunction?

• to make a sentence longer

• to combine two complete sentences

• to add more work for the writer

• to create a run-on sentence

What is the conjunction in the sentence known as?

• Mr. Negative

• King of Conflict

• The Matchmaker

• The Decision Maker

Which sentence is a great imitation of the mentor sentence?

• The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, none of them were nice.

• The teachers at our school enjoy teaching, yet it is very difficult.

• The students of Richland Middle School like to chew gum, and they don't know where trash cans are.

• The people of America like their smartphones, but they don't like their bill at the end of the month.

What 4 things needs to be present for a sentence to qualify as a Compound Sentence?