Grammar Rule for the Week:

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• Grammar Rule

Use the correct form of Itsit is
Itspossessive

• Example of Grammar Rule

Its about time that 2nd semester started. The
school had its prom at the Benton Convention
Center.
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• Sentence Correction

• Its never a good idea to have an acerbic tone
  when you are in trouble, the school will stick to
  the punishment set by its rules.

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition sour or bitter intended to cause
hurt feelings
Sentence using word
Acerbic
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms biting sharp smart-aleck
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• Grammar Rule

Use the correct form of YoureYou are
Yourpossessive

• Example of Grammar Rule

Youre going to the game tonight for free! Your
friends are throwing you a surprise party!
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• Sentence Correction

Your going to have to make a decision do not be
ambivalent with your thoughts.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to
which course to follow
Sentence using word
Ambivalent
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms doubtful questioning
hesitant
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• Grammar Rule

Use the correct form of Theyrethey are
Theirpossessive Therea place

• Example of Grammar Rule

Theyre excited about summer coming. Their
friends are all coming to the party. I would like
to take a nap over there.
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• Sentence Correction

Their apathetic when there deciding on their
classes for next year.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Lacking interest or concern
indifferent
Sentence using word
Apathetic
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Disinterested Unconcerned No
nchalant
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• Grammar Rule

Use the correct form of topreposition, towards
something tooalso

• Example of Grammar Rule

Lets go to fifth period! He wanted to go to the
party, too.
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• Sentence Correction

• She was bemused too learn that not only was she
  in trouble, but her best friend was, to.

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Suffering from mental confusion
Sentence using word
Bemused
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Confused Bewildered Shell-sh
ocked
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• Grammar Rule

Acceptto receive Exceptto take or leave out

• Example of Grammar Rule
• (DO NOT COPYINFO. ONLY)

He accepts defeat well. Take all of the books
except the red one.
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• Sentence Correction

• All of the benevolent millionaires were excepted
  into the club, accept for the one recently
  arrested.

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Suggestive of doing good concerned
with charity
Sentence using word
Benevolent
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Charitable Kindly Good-heart
ed
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• Grammar Rule

Affectto influence Effectthe result to
accomplish

• Example of Grammar Rule
• (DO NOT COPYINFO. ONLY)
• Lack of sleep affects the quality of your work.
• The effect of the lighting made the room look
  ominous.

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• Sentence Correction

The teachers blithe attitude effected the class
the effect was that everyone became happy and
relaxed.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Carefree and light-hearted
Sentence using word
Blithe
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Cheerful Lighthearted Unconc
erned
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• Grammar Rule

Principala person in authority most
important Principlea general or fundamental truth

• Example of Grammar Rule
• (DO NOT COPYINFO. ONLY)
• The principal does the announcements each
  morning.
• The study was based on the principle of gravity.

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• Sentence Correction

The parents were conciliatory about the cheating
incident when the principle brought up the
principle of honesty.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition To try to regain friendship by
pleasant behavior
Sentence using word
Conciliatory
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Pacify Flexible Yielding
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• Grammar Rule

Lieto lay down (people or animals) Layto lay an
object down

• Example of Grammar Rule
• (DO NOT COPYINFO. ONLY)
• I am going to lie down.
• Lay down that shotgun!

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• Sentence Correction

The soldier refuses to lie down his weapons when
he lies down for a nap the derisive comments of
the enemy keeps him on his guard.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Mocking, jeering
Sentence using word
Derisive
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Disrespectful Taunting
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• Grammar Rule

A pronoun should agree in number and gender with
its antecedent.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Gloria Estefan records her songs in Spanish and
  in English.
• My cousins brought their backgammon game.

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• Sentence Correction

General Zaroffs diabolic plot to hunt
Rainsford ended in their own demise.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Having the qualities of a devil
devilish fiendish outrageously wicked
Sentence using word
Diabolic
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Devilish Unpleasant Shocking

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• Grammar Rule

Use a singular personal pronoun with two or more
singular antecedents joined by or or nor.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Neither Marco nor Juan agreed to give his opinion
  on the subject.
• Paul or Dennis arranged to have his car repaired
  by the mechanic.

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• Sentence Correction

Jessica or Sarah will deliver the food to the
homeless shelter then they will return to school
in an ebullient mood.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Overflowing with enthusiasm or
excitement high-spirited
Sentence using word
Ebullient
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Exuberant Vivacious Efferves
cent
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• Grammar Rule

Use a plural pronoun to refer to two or more
antecedents joined by and.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• The waiters and the manager at the restaurant
  will do their best to assist you.
• Marley and Simone are practicing their duet
  because they perform tonight.

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• Sentence Correction

Dennis and his father were effusive on
graduation day, he could barely contain his
excitement.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Extravagantly demonstrative of
emotion gushing
Sentence using word
Effusive
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Enthusiastic Unrestrained Ov
erflowing
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• Grammar Rule

Use a singular personal pronoun when the
antecedent is a singular indefinite pronoun.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Some singular indefinite pronouns anybody,
  anyone, either, everybody, each, everything,
  neither, nobody, one, somebody, and someone.
• Each of the girls has her own room.
• Neither of those books has much useful
  information in it.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Sentence Correction

The moment was euphoric and everyone expressed
their joy by jumping up and down.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition A feeling of happiness, confidence,
or well-being
Sentence using word
Euphoric
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Jubilation Elation Exhilarat
ion
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• Grammar Rule

Use a plural personal pronoun when the antecedent
is a plural indefinite pronoun (both, few, many,
others, several).

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Both of the trained gymnasts moved their bodies
  with ease and grace.

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• Sentence Correction

Several of my teachers are facetious he likes to
make fun of students who is not paying attention.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Not meant to be taken seriously or
literally
Sentence using word
Facetious
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Sarcastic Ridiculous
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• Grammar Rule

Some indefinite pronouns can be singular or
plural, depending on their meaning in a sentence
(all, any, more, most, none, some).

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Some of the students lost their homework
  assignments.
• Some of the pizza has pepperoni on it.

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• Sentence Correction

Most Elizabethans was fatalistic and believed
that his or her destiny was predetermined.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Accepting of all things and events as
inevitable submission to fate
Sentence using word
Fatalistic
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Hopeless Morbid
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• Grammar Rule

Pronouns and antecedents must agree.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Either Patrick or Ted will bring his CD player to
  the party.
• Where will Sam and Nicholas take their parents
  tonight?

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• Sentence Correction

Romeo and Juliet had a fervent desire to be
married however he should have known this was a
bad idea.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Having or showing great warmth or
intensity of spirit, feeling, or enthusiasm
Sentence using word
Fervent
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Passionate Emotional Heartfe
lt
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• Grammar Rule

Indefinite pronouns and their antecedents must
agree.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• Each of the girls thinks she can help.
• Someone forgot his or her jacket.

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• Sentence Correction

Some of the students in my classes has
flippant attitudes I hope he or she will mature
soon.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Frivolously disrespectful, shallow,
or lacking in seriousness
Sentence using word
Flippant
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Disrespectful Superficial
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• Grammar Rule

A singular subject must have a singular verb.

• Example of Grammar Rule

Hungary is a small European country. Juliet seems
naïve about love.
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• Sentence Correction

Before the Capulet party Romeo dream a foreboding
dream that something negative will happen.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Marked by a sense of impending doom
or evil
Sentence using word
Foreboding
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms ominous threatening looming
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• Grammar Rule

A plural subject must have a plural verb.

• Example of Grammar Rule

Americans vote in free elections. Shakespearean
sonnets have fourteen lines.
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• Sentence Correction

The greeks was not forthright about there intent
for the Trojan Horse.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Direct straightforward
Sentence using word
Forthright
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms honest candid frank
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• Grammar Rule

A phrase or clause that interrupts a subject and
its verb does not affect subject-verb agreement.

• Example of Grammar Rule

The legislature, which has 386 members, is called
the National Assembly. Ninth graders in my class
love to read Romeo and Juliet.
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• Sentence Correction

The team that had beaten us before were haughty
about the win therefore they lost this game.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Condescendingly proud scornful
Sentence using word
Haughty
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms arrogant superior
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• Grammar Rule

A compound subject joined by and is generally
plural and must have a plural verb.

• Example of Grammar Rule

The coach and the players are going to meet after
school. The teacher and her students discuss a
new poem each week.
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• Sentence Correction

• President Obama and Americans needs to be
  introspective about education funding.

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Contemplative or looking inward to
ones own thoughts and feelings
Sentence using word
Introspective
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms reflective thoughtful
61

• Grammar Rule

If the parts of the compound subject are the same
thing or are thought of as one item, then a
singular verb is needed. A singular verb is also
needed if the word every or each comes before a
compound subject.

• Example of Grammar Rule

Give and take is a rule of negotiations. Each
issue and proposal is discussed
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• Sentence Correction

Each thanksgiving and Christmas are full of
jovial family and friends so have fun!
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Marked by conviviality and good cheer
Sentence using word
Jovial
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms jolly cheerful merry
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• Grammar Rule

Two or more singular subjects joined by or or nor
must have a singular verb.

• Example of Grammar Rule

Tabor or Reagan was going to win. Katherine nor
Josh wants to go to the library today.
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• Sentence Correction

Hector or Achilles deserves laudatory remarks for
their bravery in the trojan war.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Expressing praise
Sentence using word
Laudatory
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms commendable admirable
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Rule A verb that comes before its subject must
still agree with the subject in number.

• Examples (do not copy)
• -On the wall are slogans. (Slogans are on the
  wall.)
• Is the message clear? (The message is clear.)

Copy and correct does the students usual act
mirthful at the end of the school year or are
they sad to be leaving there teachers for the
summer
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• Sentence Correction

does the students usually act mirthful at the end
of the school year or are they sad to be leaving
there teachers for the summer
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Definition Adjective Joyous jolly amusing
Sentence using word
Mirthful
Sentence illustrating tone
Synonyms Carefree Cheerful playful
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Rule A collective noun takes a singular verb
when the group it names acts as a single unit. It
takes a plural verb when the group it names act
as individuals with different points of view.
Examples (do not copy) Singular The committee
votes on the issue. Plural The committee have
split their votes.
the appalachian state football team were
nostalgic when he watched the documentary about
the appalachian state vs michigan game
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• Sentence Correction

the appalachian state football team were
nostalgic when they watched the documentary about
the app state vs michigan game
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Definition Adjective A wistful desire to
return in thought or fact to a previous time in
ones life a bittersweet longing for the past
Sentence using word
Nostalgic
Sentence illustrating the tone
Synonyms Longing Homesick Sentimental
yearning
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• Grammar Rule

Two sentences can be combined by changing one
sentence into a subordinate clause, creating a
complex sentence.

• Example of Grammar Rule

-We were frightened. We thought the lion we saw
on safari was hungry. CHANGE TO We were
frightened because we thought the lion we saw on
safari was hungry.
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• Sentence Correction

Sally was in a pensive mood. Her best friend had
moved away.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Deeply or dreamily thoughtful
Sentence using word
Pensive
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms melancholy reflective sad
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• Grammar Rule

Sentences can be combined by changing one of them
into a phrase.

• Example of Grammar Rule

• -My team plays tomorrow. We play the Cougars.
• CHANGE TO My team plays against the Cougars
  tomorrow.
• The Cougars scored quickly. The Cougars jumped
  out to a two-goal lead.
• CHANGE TO Scoring quickly, the Cougars jumped to
  a two-goal lead.

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• Sentence Correction

Lake Michigan is very placid. It is one of the
five great lakes.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Undisturbed by disorder calm
Sentence using word
Placid
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms serene cool peaceful
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• Grammar Rule

It is important to reduce wordiness and sentence
length and structure within a work.

• Example of Grammar Rule

My cousin enjoys her job. She is a counselor at a
summer camp. She teaches crafts during the day.
She sleeps in a cabin with the ten-year-olds. She
says that some of them are homesick at first.
They usually get over it after a couple of days.
CHANGE TO My cousin enjoys her job as a summer
camp counselor. During the day, she teaches
crafts, and at night she sleeps in a cabin with
the ten-year-olds. At first, many of the
youngsters are homesick, but they usually recover
after a couple of days.
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• Sentence Correction

• Gale-force winds buffeted the tiny seacoast
  village, including Judds old, single-masted
  sloop, which was tied to the rotting town dock,
  and the sloops lines strained against rusty
  cleats until first one and then another gave way,
  and this was very poignant to Judd since he had
  gotten the sloop from his grandfather.

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Profoundly moving touching/
piercing, intense or stimulating
Sentence using word
Poignant
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms painful intense
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• Grammar Rule

Reduce wordiness and sentence length and type
when editing.
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• Sentence Correction

Helen was feeling sanguine because she was
feeling good she was going to the big race which
was a a very long and lengthy race.
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or
confident
Sentence using word
Sanguine
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms optimistic hopeful
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• Grammar Rule

A declarative statement states an idea or says a
fact/opinion.

• Example of Grammar Rule

I like basketball. Declarative Who is winning
the game? NO Go to the game right now! NO That
team is losing. Declarative
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• Sentence Correction

Directions Turn this into a declarative
sentence. Did Tim make a speculative comment
about who will win the NCAA tournament yesterday?
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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Making a conclusion or opinion using
incomplete facts
Sentence using word
Speculative
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Provisional Tentativeguessi
ng
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• Grammar Rule

An interrogative statement asks a question and
ends with a question mark.

• Example of Grammar Rule

Did you go to the store? Interrogative I went to
the store. Declarative
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• Sentence Correction

• Directions punctuate each sentence correctly and
  fix any errors. Label each sentence as
  interrogative or declarative!
• what are it like outside today_
• i think it is about 80 degrees and very tranquil_

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Calm, without anxiety, no
disturbances
Sentence using word
Tranquil
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Calm Peaceful still
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• Grammar Rule

An imperative sentence gives a command or an
order.

• Example of Grammar Rule

Go to the store. Imperative I went to the store.
Declarative Will you go to the store?
Interrogative
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• Sentence Correction

• Directions punctuate each sentence correctly and
  fix any errors. Label each sentence as well.
• Bring i some water right now or else_
• the whimsical story are both charming and have a
  happy ending_

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Imaginative, playfully humorous
Sentence using word
Whimsical
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Fanciful Imaginative quirky
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• Grammar Rule

An exclamatory sentence conveys a strong emotion
and ends with an exclamation mark.

• Example of Grammar Rule

The house is on fire! Exclamatory I saw a frog
today. Declarative I am going to throw up!
Exclamatory I feel a little strange about this.
Declarative
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• Sentence Correction

• Directions punctuate each sentence correctly and
  fix any errors. Label each sentence as well.
• That man just stolen my purse with all me money_
• Where is you going_
• A zealous person truly believes in what they say_

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• Tone Word for Today

Definition Actively enthusiastic
Sentence using word
Zealous
Part of Speech Adjective
Synonyms Fervent Ardent fanatical