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Across
  1. 5. this punctuation is used to separate independent clauses where the ideas are closely related to each other.
  2. 7. is everything that is said about the subject
  3. 9. these types of sentences contain at least one subject and verb pair
  4. 11. words that accompany or modify the verb, object, or subject to complete the phrase. (Ex: it was a huge BODY of ice.)
  5. 14. are mainly used to show words repeated exactly how they were spoken or written.
  6. 16. words that replace or stand in for nouns (each, either, every, one, another, I, you, he, she, it, me, us, them, they.
  7. 17. this punctuation is used to separate two parts of a compound word
  8. 18. words used to tell us more about (describe or modify) nouns or pronouns
  9. 20. this sentence type contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
Down
  1. 1. words that express actions or state of affairs(ie, to be). They are usually thought of as “action” or “doing” words.
  2. 2. these sentences happen when two or more separate ideas are a part of the same sentence with no separating punctuation
  3. 3. this sentence type has a complete subject and a predicate
  4. 4. normally used to join groups of words together, and in particular join clauses together. (because, although, and, as unless, until, since, before, after, if , or, that)
  5. 6. this sentence type has two or more simple sentences joined together
  6. 7. joining words, normally used before nouns or pronouns. (Ex: about, at, with, after, in, for, off, until, from, of, over, before, on, to, across, into)
  7. 8. this punctuation type is used in headings to announce that more is to follow, or to indicate the writer is about to list things in a series.
  8. 10. this sentence type contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
  9. 12. this punctuation type shows possession (Peter’s shoes) and to shorten common word combinations
  10. 13. this problem happens when only a comma separates two independent thoughts instead of a period, conjunction, dependent word, or other appropriate punctuation
  11. 15. words that name people, things, places, or qualities
  12. 18. words used to introduce nouns. They are a, an, and the
  13. 19. the person, thing, quality about which something is said in a clause. The subject is usually a noun or pronoun.