Syntax Quiz

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship is a _________.

• clause

• phrase

• elipsis

• preposition

part of speech that connects clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

• adverb

• conjunction

• pronoun

• adjective

A clause that can stand alone is an ________ clause.

• dependent

• preposition

• independent

• adverbial

A writer's word choice

• diction

• characterization

• structure

• adverb

An exclamatory sentence ends with

• a comma,

• a period.

• a question mark?

• an exclamation point!

A declarative sentence ends with

• a comma,

• a period.

• a question mark?

• an exclamation point!

The common sentence structure in English is

• verb-object-subject

• object-verb-subject

• subject-verb-object

• subject-subject-verb

Withholding of syntactic closure (completion of grammatical structure) until the end of a sentence

• Periodic sentence

• loose sentence

• simple sentence

Reach syntactic closure early relieving tension and allowing reader to explore the rest of the sentence without urgency.

• Periodic sentence

• loose sentence

• simple sentence

In their favorite class, students will be analyzing SYNTAX in literature. What will they be examining?

• conjugation of verbs

• emotional meaning of words

• dictionary definitions of words

• structure of phrases and sentences