Cps Office Admin Chapter 11

Front 1

Apostrophe

Back 1

Mark of punctuation (') used to show possession, form plurals, and make contractions. (11)

Front 2

Colon

Back 2

Mark of punctuation (:) used after an introduction or in separating hours from minutes in time. (11)

Front 3

Comma

Back 3

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

Back 4

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)

Front 5

Consecutive adjectives

Back 5

Modifiers that are not equal in rank and must appear in a specific order or the sentence will not make sense. (11)

Front 6

Coordinate adjectives

Back 6

Modifiers that are equal in rank; that is, they can be changed around and the meaning will not be distorted. (11)

Front 7

Dash

Back 7

Mark of punctuation (-) used to emphasize one or more parenthetical words. (11)

Front 8

Direct object

Back 8

Noun or noun equivalent following an action verb that completes the sentence by answering the question "what" or "whom" after the verb. (11)

Front 9

Ellipsis

Back 9

Punctuation that shows the omission of words within a sentence-three periods with a space before and after each period(. . .). (11)

Front 10

Exclamation point

Back 10

Mark of punctuation (!) used for emphasis after a word, phrase, or sentence. (11)

Front 11

Gerund phrase

Back 11

Verbal phrase that functions as a noun. (11)

Front 12

Hyphen

Back 12

Mark of punctuation (-) used for word division or in a compound word. (11)

Front 13

Indirect object

Back 13

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

Back 14

Verbal phrase that functions as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. (11)

Front 15

Modifiers

Back 15

Words that describe other words in the sentence, adding descriptive details or specific definition to those words. (11)

Front 16

Parentheses

Back 16

Marks of punctuation () used to enclose words or phrases that are needed for clarification but need to be deemphasized. (11)

Front 17

Parenthetical expression

Back 17

Word, phrase, or clause that is not necessary to the grammatical completeness and meaning of the sentence and is set off by commas. (11)

Front 18

Participle phrase

Back 18

Verbal phrase that functions as an adjective. (11)

Front 19

Period

Back 19

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

Back 20

Modifier that follows a linking verb in the predicate and describes the subject of the sentence. (11)

Front 21

Predicate noun

Back 21

Noun or noun equivalent that follows a linking verb in the predicate and refers to the subject of the sentence. (11)

Front 22

Question mark

Back 22

Mark of punctuation (?) used at the end of a sentence that asks a direct question. (11)

Front 23

Quotation marks

Back 23

Marks of punctuation ("") that are used with direct quotations, titles, and single letters. (11)

Front 24

Semicolon

Back 24

Mark of punctuation (;) that is used to separate compound sentences or a series within a series. (11)

Front 25

Underscore

Back 25

Mark of punctuation (_) used for underlining titles, specific words, paragraph headings, or single letters. (11)