Grammar Clues Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• verb: an action
• noun: a person, place, thing, or idea
• adjective: a word that describes a noun
• adverb: a word that describes a verb
• dependent clause: part of a complex sentence that does not make sense on its own.
• independent clause: part of a complex sentence that does make sense on its own.
• comma: this indicates a pause in the sentence.
• period: this indicates the end of a declarative or imperative sentence.
• question mark: this indicates the end of an interrogative sentence.
• exclamation point: this indicates the end of an exclamatory sentence.
• capital letter: a sentence always begins with a
• punctuation: a sentence always ends with
• prepositional phrase: part of a sentence that explains when and where something has happened.
• past tense: what tense is the following sentence in? "marsha played catch with jeremy."
• future tense: what tense is the following sentence in? "blaine is going to go to the store."
• present tense: what tense is the following sentence in? "we are reading a book."
• connotation: the implied meaning of a word.
• denotation: the dictionary meaning of a word.
• hyperbole: figurative language - an exaggeration
• onomatopoeia: figurative language - moo
• simile: figurative language - comparison between two things using 'like or as'
• metaphor: figurative language - comparison between two things not using 'like or as'
• subject: the noun in a sentence, also what the sentence is about.
• predicate: the action in the sentence.
• alliteration: figurative language - friends find funny facts for future reference.