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18 Cards in this Set
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Simple Sentence
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sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
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Compound Sentence
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a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
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Complex Sentence
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a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
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Compound Complex Sentence
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a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
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Infinitive Phrase
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An infinitive phrase is this form of the verb plus any complements or modifiers.
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Appositive Phrase
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A noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns placed next to another word or phrase to identify or rename it.
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Participial Phrase
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A phrase consisting of prepositions
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Gerund phrase
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A gerund is a noun formed from a verb by adding the "ing".
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Prepositional phrase
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a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.
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Allusion
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly;
an indirect or passing reference. |
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Tone
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The attitude of a writer towards a subject.
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Rhetorical question
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A statement in the form of a question that is not meant to be answered.
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Imagery
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visually descriptive or figurative language
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Flashback
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a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
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Foreshadow
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be a warning or indication of a future event.
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Metaphor
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A analogy without using like or as
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Personification
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Giving a inanimate object human capabilities
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Simile
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A analogy using like or as
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