Which term describes strings of words added to a declarative sentence to turn it into a question?

• A. Tag Question
• B. Status
• C. Paralinguistic Features
• D. Minor Sentence

Answer: (A)

Tag questions are strings of words added to the end of a declarative sentence to turn it into a question. They’re used to seek confirmation or agreement, and they hinge on the auxiliary or modal verb in the main clause with the subject pronoun, while the polarity flips in the tag. For example: "You're coming to the party, aren’t you?" uses the auxiliary are with a negative tag. If there’s no auxiliary, we use do/does in the tag: "You like coffee, don’t you?" When the main clause is negative, the tag is positive: "She doesn’t like sushi, does she?" Paralinguistic features refer to tone and other nonverbal cues, not to adding a word-based tag. Minor sentences are incomplete fragments, not full declaratives with a tag.