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36 Cards in this Set
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What is a noun? |
A person, place thing or idea |
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What types of nouns are there? |
Proper and common |
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What is a verb's purpose? |
Expresses action or a state of being |
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State of being verb examples? |
is, am, are |
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Action verb examples? |
playing, cooking, dancing |
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What is an adjective's purpose? |
Describes a noun |
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What 3 articles are adjectives? |
the, a, an |
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What are some examples of adjectives? |
leafy, furry, silvery |
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What is a conjunction's purpose? |
Joins words, phrases, and clauses |
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What are the coordinating conjunctions? |
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
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What are the subordinating conjunction's purpose? |
Joins independent clauses to dependent clauses |
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What are some examples of subordinating conjunctions? |
because, since, although |
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What is an adverb's purpose? |
Describes a verb, adverb, or adjective |
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What does an adverb often end in? |
-ly |
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What does a pronoun do? |
Takes the place of a noun |
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What is the noun called when it is replaced by a pronoun? |
Antecedent |
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What are some examples of adverbs? |
happily, carefully, always, before, everywhere |
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What are some examples of pronouns? |
him, them, those |
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What is a preposition? |
Used to start prepositional phrases which has a preposition and a noun |
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What is a preposition's purpose? |
To describe the relationship between two nouns |
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What are some examples of prepositions? |
around, in through, next to (i.e. The rabbit went around the pail) |
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What is an interjection? |
A sound, word, or phrase used to express emotion |
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Where is an interjection usually found? |
At the beginning of a sentence |
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What punctuation often follows an interjection? |
A comma or an exclamation point |
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What are the most common words that begin dependent clauses? |
That and which |
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What are the five relative pronouns? |
who, whom, whose, which, that |
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What are the two things that a dependent clause always begin with? |
A subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun |
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What is a clause? |
A group of words with a subject and verb |
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What are the four ways you can correct a run-on sentence? |
Comma followed by a coordinating conjunction; semicolon; make into two sentences; urn one into a dependent clause |
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How do you punctuate signal phrases? |
Use a colon, comma, or no punctuation |
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What tense should you use when writing about literature? |
Literary present |
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When do you need to cite? |
When you quote; when you paraphrase then take information from a source; every time you change sources |
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What if two paragraphs are paraphrased from the same source? |
Paraphrase after the end of each paragraph |
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What if a group of sentences have the same source? |
Paraphrased sentences in a group can be paraphrased at the end. |
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What is plagiarism? |
Passing off someone else's work or ideas as your own |
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What are some examples of plagiarism? |
-Copy and pasting -Copying a source and changing only a few words even if you cite -Paraphrasing but forgetting to cite |
