Across
- 2. separate parts of a compound sentence with a comma
- 4. the focus of the sentence; who or what the sentence is about
- 6. words that rename nouns. Example: Miss Lark, *our English teacher,* comes from Maine.
- 7. between two independent clauses
- 8. at the end of a declarative sentence
- 9. an incomplete sentence that does not express a whole thought
- 12. a word or group of words that specific action, occurrence, or state of being
- 13. a dependent clause that is necessary to the basic meaning of the completed sentence
Down
- 1. connects words or group of words
- 3. a person, place, thing, or idea
- 5. one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
- 10. where letters or numbers have been deleted-- as in a contraction; at the end of a name where there is ownership
- 11. modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun. Example: *The* horse is *a* *domestic* animal.