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25 Cards in this Set
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Apostrophe
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Mark of punctuation (') used to show possession, form plurals, and make contractions. (11)
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Colon
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Mark of punctuation (:) used after an introduction or in separating hours from minutes in time. (11)
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Comma
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Mark of punctuation (,) used to separate parts of sentences, such as after an introductory group of words, in a series, in compound sentences, in direct quotations, and in parenthetical expressions. (11)
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Complement
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Additional words in a sentence that serve as modifiers and help complete the meaning of the sentence; noun in the predicate that refers to the subject or an adjective that describes the subject. (7 & 11)
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Consecutive adjectives
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Modifiers that are not equal in rank and must appear in a specific order or the sentence will not make sense. (11)
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Coordinate adjectives
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Modifiers that are equal in rank; that is, they can be changed around and the meaning will not be distorted. (11)
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Dash
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Mark of punctuation (-) used to emphasize one or more parenthetical words. (11)
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Direct object
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Noun or noun equivalent following an action verb that completes the sentence by answering the question "what" or "whom" after the verb. (11)
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Ellipsis
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Punctuation that shows the omission of words within a sentence-three periods with a space before and after each period(. . .). (11)
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Exclamation point
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Mark of punctuation (!) used for emphasis after a word, phrase, or sentence. (11)
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Gerund phrase
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Verbal phrase that functions as a noun. (11)
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Hyphen
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Mark of punctuation (-) used for word division or in a compound word. (11)
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Indirect object
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Noun or pronoun following a verb that names the receiver of the direct object, precedes the direct object, and answers the questions "to whom," "to what," or "for what." (11)
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Infinitive phrase
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Verbal phrase that functions as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. (11)
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Modifiers
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Words that describe other words in the sentence, adding descriptive details or specific definition to those words. (11)
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Parentheses
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Marks of punctuation () used to enclose words or phrases that are needed for clarification but need to be deemphasized. (11)
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Parenthetical expression
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Word, phrase, or clause that is not necessary to the grammatical completeness and meaning of the sentence and is set off by commas. (11)
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Participle phrase
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Verbal phrase that functions as an adjective. (11)
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Period
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Mark of punctuation (.) that is commonly used after declarative sentences, polite requests, abbreviations, and numbers in enumerations, among other uses. (11)
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Predicate adjective
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Modifier that follows a linking verb in the predicate and describes the subject of the sentence. (11)
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Predicate noun
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Noun or noun equivalent that follows a linking verb in the predicate and refers to the subject of the sentence. (11)
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Question mark
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Mark of punctuation (?) used at the end of a sentence that asks a direct question. (11)
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Quotation marks
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Marks of punctuation ("") that are used with direct quotations, titles, and single letters. (11)
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Semicolon
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Mark of punctuation (;) that is used to separate compound sentences or a series within a series. (11)
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Underscore
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Mark of punctuation (_) used for underlining titles, specific words, paragraph headings, or single letters. (11)
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