English SOL Study Guide

Their

(adj) a. of or relating to them or themselves especially as possessors, agents, or objects of an action; b. used with an indefinite third person

They're

Contraction of they are

Simple

Independent clause

Semicolon in a Sentence Example

Odysseus is cunning; Polyphemus, on the other hand, is not.

Simple Sentence Example

Odysseus misses home.

Compound-complex Sentence Example

Odysseus wants to leave Ogygia, but Calypso won't let him, because she has fallen in love with him.

Problem and Solution

Organizational method that consists of a conflict and a way to solve it.

Cause and Effect

Organizational method that describes how one event contributes to the creation of another.

Semicolon

Two independent clauses not joined by a conjunction

Cause and Effect Signal Words

because (of), since, from, therefore, result(s)

Their in a sentence

"At that, _____ hearts sank, since they all remembered what happened with the Laestrygonians, _____ king Antiphates, and how the mighty Cyclops devoured the men."

There in a sentence

"_____ is a rocky island out at sea, in between Ithaca and craggy Same, called Asteris--quite small but with a harbor to shelter ships, and there they lurked in ambush."

They're in a sentence

"______ always feasting there with there parents, at a banquet that never ends." (sentence is slightly modified from the Odyssey)

There

(adv) a. in or at that place; b. to or into that place; c. at that point or stage; d. in that matter, respect, or relation; e. used interjectionally to express satisfaction, approval, encouragement or sympathy, or defiance (pron) a. used as a function word to introduce a sentence or clause; b. used as an indefinite substitute for a name (n) a. that place or position; b. that point (adj) a. —used for emphasis especially after a demonstrative pronoun or a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective; b. capable of being relied on for support or aid; c. fully conscious, rational, or aware

Spatial Signal Words

Above, below, beside, next to, in front of, behind, inside of, outside of, near

Chronological Order Signal Words

First, second third, next, then, later, before, after, last, finally

Complex

Independent and dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction

Sequence

Organizational method that describes the order of instructions, words, numbers, and events that should happen.

Spatial

Organizational method that describes where the location of events are, and the relation of these places to each other.

Description

Organizational method that gives details and explains events.

Chronological Order

Organizational method that places events in order of when they happened.

Compare and Contrast

Organizational method that takes two or more events and discusses the similarities and differences between them.

Compound Sentence Example

Penelope is being courted by suitors, but she won't marry any of them.

Flow quote definition

Quotations that fit smoothly into a sentence.

Complex Sentence Example

Telemachus is going on a journey to find his father, since he is missing.

Compound-complex

Two independent and a dependent clause in a sentence with a conjunction and subordinating conjuction

Compound

Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction

Compare and Contrast Signal Words

like, unlike, different, same, similar(ly), opposed to