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26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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What is a sentence?
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A group of words that expresses a complete thought
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What is a sentence fragment?
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A group of words that does not express a complete thought
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The rabbit ran toward its burrow.
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Sentence
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The frightened rabbit.
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Fragment
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What must a sentence tell in order to express a complete thought?
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It must tell who or what. It must also tell what is or what happens.
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A sentence must begin with what and must end with what?
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A capital and a punctuation mark
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What kind of sentence tells something and ends with a period?
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A declarative sentence
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What kind of sentence asks something and ends with a question mark?
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An interrogative sentence
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What kind of sentence gives an order and ends with a period?
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An imperative sentence
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What kind of sentence expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point?
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An exclamatory sentence
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What are the two parts of a sentence called?
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subject and predicate
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What part of the sentence tells whom or what the sentence is about?
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the subject
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What part of the sentence tells what the subject is or does?
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the predicate
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All the words in the subject make up the what?
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the complete subject
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All the words in the predicate make up the what?
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the complete predicate
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What must a sentence tell in order to express a complete thought?
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It must tell who or what. It must also tell what is or what happens.
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In what type of sentence is "you" always the subject?
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imperative
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What are words that connect other words or groups of words in a sentence called?
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conjunction
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What is the function of the conjunction "and"?
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joins together
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What is the function of the conjunction "but"?
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shows contrast
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What is the function of the conjunction "or"?
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shows choice
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Two or more sentence that are run together with commas or without any punctuation is called what?
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run-on sentence
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When you fix a run-on sentence by using a conjunction such as and, but, or or to connect the sentences the sentence becomes what?
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a compound sentence
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What type of punctuation whould you use before the conjunction joining the sentences?
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a comma
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What is another way to fix a run-on sentence?
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turn it into separate sentences
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What type of punctuation can be used to join the two parts of a run-on sentence if they are very similar in thought?
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semi-colon ;
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