Across
- 3. the last paragraph in an essay
- 5. the first paragraph in an essay
- 7. a group of words that is working together but does not have a subject and/or predicate
- 8. a group of words that has a subject and a predicate
- 10. word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
- 13. word that describes a noun or pronoun
- 16. the sentence at the end of your first paragraph in an essay that states your three main topics
- 17. the verb or verb phrase in a sentence or clause
- 18. type of sentence that has at least two independent clauses
- 19. two or more words joined together with an apostrophe (examples: can't, wouldn't)
Down
- 1. an incomplete sentence
- 2. verb that expresses a state of being (examples: is, was)
- 4. type of sentence that has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
- 6. the main noun/pronoun that usually comes before the verb in a sentence or clause
- 9. word that shows the position, direction, or relationship in a sentence (examples: to, from, in, around)
- 11. the minimum number of paragraphs in any essay
- 12. to look at something very closely and figure out how its details work together
- 14. the number of body paragraphs in an essay
- 15. verb that assists another verb to change its tense or mode