| A | B |
|---|
| declarative | ends with period; basic statement |
| imperative | ends with period; command or request |
| interrogative | ends with question mark; asks question |
| exclamatory | ends with exclamation mark; shows emotion |
| comma | used to separate one part of a sentence from another to make meaning clear |
| semicolon | can be used to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence |
| proper noun | specific person, place, or thing; must be capitalized |
| proper adjective | formed from a proper noun; must be capitalized |
| I | subject pronoun; always capitalized |
| abbreviation | shortened form of a word; most (not all) begin with a capital letter and end with a period |
| heading, greeting, body, closing, signature | five parts of a friendly letter |
| inside address | part of a business letter that is not part of a friendly letter |
| sender's address | who the letter is from; often called the return address |
| receiver's address | the person you are writing the letter to; the recipient |
| outline | summary of information broken down into main topics, subtopics, and details |
| underlined titles | books, magazines, movies, newspapers, musical compositions, and plays |
| titles in quotes | poems, short stories, book chapters, articles, and songs |
| bibliography | gives information about sources used in a research report |
| direct quotation | somebody's exact words |
| new paragraph for quotes | Start a new paragraph (indent) each time the speaker changes. |
