6Th Grade Grammar

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Sentence

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A word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought.

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Sentence Fragment

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A word group that looks like a sentence but either does not contain both a subject and a verb or does not express a complete thought.

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Independent Clause

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A word group that has a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete though.

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Subordinate Clause

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A word group that has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

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Paragraph

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A group of related sentences.

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Main Idea

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Is the main point, or central message, of the paragraph.

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Topic Sentence

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Sentence with the main idea in it. It is often the first or second sentence of a paragraph. Sometimes it comesin the middle or at the end.

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Coherence

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Occurs when the details in a paragraph are arranged and connected in a way that makes sense to the reader.

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Spatial Order

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Presents details according to their location.

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Chronological Order

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Presents details in the order which they happen.

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Order of Importance

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Araanging details for most important to least important or from least important to most important.

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Logical Order

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You arrange ideas into groups.

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Unity

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When all of its sentences work together to support the main idea.

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Elaborates

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To explain or illustrate.

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Subject

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Tells whom or what the sentence is about.

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Complete Subject

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consistes of all the words needed to tell whom or what the sentence is about.

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Simple Subject

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Is the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about.

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Predicate

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Tells something about the subject.

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Simple Predicate or verb

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Is the main word or word group in the complete predicate.

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Compound Subject

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consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same verb.

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Compound Verb

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consists of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjuction and that have the same subject.

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autobiographical inicident

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Is a true story about a specific event in a writer's life.

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Expressive Writing

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Writers share, or express, their thoughts and feelings, an autobiographical incident

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Generalization

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Is a statement that applies to many individuals or experiences, not just a specific person or experience.

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Inferences

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Educated guesses

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Alliteration

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Is describing something that is not human, such as an animal or object, as if it were human by giving it human qualities.

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Simile

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compares two different things using the word (like or as)

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Metaphor

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Compares two different things by saying one is the other.

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Narrative Paragraph

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Paragraph to tell a story or recount an event.

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Descriptive Paragraph

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Paragraph used to describe a person, animal, scene, or object.

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Expository Paragraph

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Paragraph used to provide information, including facts, instructions, and definitions.

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Persuasive Paragraph

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Paragraph used to share opinions and convince others to agree with those opinions and sometimes take action.

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Compound Subject

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Consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same verb.

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Compound Verb

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Consists of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same subject.

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Action Details

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Tells what events occurred and what people said.

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Sensory Details

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Describes what you see, hear, taste, feel, and smell.

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Declarative Sentence

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Sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period.

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Imperative Sentence

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Sentence that gives a command or makes a request.

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Interrogative Sentence

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Sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.

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Exclamatory Sentence

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Sentence shows excitement or expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point.

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Common Noun

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Names any one of a group of persons, places, things, and ideas.

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Proper Noun

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Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. It begins with a capital letter.

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Noun

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A word that names a person, place, thing or idea.

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Compound Noun

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Is a single noun made up of two or more words used together.

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Pronoun

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Is a word that is used in place or one or more nouns or pronouns.

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Antecedent

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The word or word group that a pronoun stands for.

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Possessive Pronoun

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Are personal pronouns that are used to show ownership or possession.

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Persuasive Paragraph

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Paragraph that expresses an opinion about an issue.

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Demonstrative Pronoun

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pronoun that points out a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

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Indefinite Pronoun

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Pronoun that refers to a person, place, a thing, or an idea that may or may not be specifically named.

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Interrogative Pronoun

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Pronoun that introduces a question.

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Relative Pronoun

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Pronoun that introduces a subordinate clause.

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Adjective

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Is a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun.

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Proper Adjective

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Is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter.

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Demonstrative Adjective

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When the words this, that, these, those, modify a noun.

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Demonstrative Pronoun

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When the words this, that these, those, are used alone.

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Verb

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Word that expresses action or a state of being.

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Verb Phrase

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The main verb and its helping verb or verbs.

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Prediction

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Is a guess you make about what will happen next.

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Action Verb

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Verb that expresses either physical or mental activity.

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Linking Verb

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Connects, or links, the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject.

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Transitive Verb

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Is a verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, place, thing, or idea.

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Objects

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Words that receive the action of a transitive verb.

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Intransitive Verb

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Verbs that tell something about the subject or expresses action without the action passing to a receiver, or object.

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Complement

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Is a word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb.

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Direct Object

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Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what receives the action of the verb.

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Indirect Object

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Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that usually comes between the verb and the direct object. It tells Whom or to what or for whom or for what.

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Subject Complement

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Is a word or word group that is in the predicate and that identifies or describes the subject.

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Predicate Nominatives

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Is a word or word group that is in the predicate and that identifies the subject or refers to is.

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Predicate Adjective

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Is a adjective that is in the predicate and that describes the subject.