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29 Cards in this Set
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Semicolon
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Used to separate closely related independent clauses, items in a series with a comma separation, and independent clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs.
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Non-essential clause
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A clause unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence. Commas around it.
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essential dependent clause
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A clause that can not stand on its own in a sentence, contains essential information
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Apostrophes
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Used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word. Can demonstrate Ownership, authorship, duration, or similar
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Complex sentence
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Made up of an independent and another dependent clause.
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compound sentence
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Contains two independent clauses.
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coordinate adjectives
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Precede a noun and modify it individually.
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Non-essential information
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The writers details within a peice of literature that does not effect the meaning of the sentence or clause.
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Nouns
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Names of people, places, things , qualities or conditions.
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Adjectives
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Word that describes, identifies, modifies, or quantifies a noun or pronoun.
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Adverb
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A word that modifies the meaning of a verb, most end in "ly", Although it does occur in other forms.
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Object
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Noun that receives the verb's action.
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Appositive
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The paraphrasing/rephrasing of a preceding noun or phrase.
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Verb
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A word that expresses action, a state of being or feeling, or a relation between two things. e.g: John peeled the orange.
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Pronouns
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Is substituted in pace of a noun
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Personal Pronouns
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The reference to people as animals things or places.
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Interrogative Pronouns
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Pronouns that introduce questions to the sentence structure.
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Action Verb
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A verb that conveys an action.
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Linking Verb
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Verb that links the subject to the predicate.
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Verb Phrase
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A phrase that consists of one central verb, and other helping verbs.
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Auxiliary Verb (helping)
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Combines with main verb to help express a condition, necessity, probability etc.
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Conjunction
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A "joiner" that functions in the joining of equal grammatical units, like nouns, verbs, and independent clauses to each other.
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Complete Sentence
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Group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and that needs nothing else to complete it.
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Phrase
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Group of two or more words that lacks a subject and a predicate.
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Clause
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Group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.
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Independent clause
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Able to stand on its own as a complete sentence.
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Complete Sentence
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Group of words that includes a subject and a predicate. Group of words that expresses a single thought.
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Run-On Sentences
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Writer follows the firs independent clause with a second one, with no punctuation to separate them.
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Comma Splice ***
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Incorrect use of a comma alone to join two independent clauses.
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