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Sentence Construction: What is a Sentence?  PPTSentence Construction: What is a Sentence?  PPT
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Sentence Construction: What is a Sentence?

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What must a sentence contain in order to be complete? What different types of sentences exist? Look at declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences with this 17-slide presentation. Several example sentences are shown, and the presentation also highlights incomplete sentences and how to correct them. Pair these slides with a worksheet on sentence variety, and you're ready to go!

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declarative sentences, types of sentences, exclamatory sentences, interrogative sentences, constructing sentences, writing sentences

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sentence construction, declarative sentence, exclamatory sentence, interrogative sentence, writing a sentence, Complex Sentence, Compound Sentence, english language arts
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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Presentations
Audience
For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
17

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