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12 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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METAPHORS
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SUGGEST COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
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ADVERBS
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DESCRIBE VERBS, ADJECTIVES AND OTHER ADVERBS
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ADJECTIVES
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ARE MODIFIERS. THEY DESCRIBE NOUNS AND SPECIFY SIZE, COLOR, NUMBER,ECT.
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ALLITERATION
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CAN GIVE A PLEASING SOUND TO A SENTENCE, AS LONG AS ITS NOT OVERDONE (WORLD WIDE WEB, SMELLY, SLIMY SCSI, RESONATE REINGING
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CONJUNCTIONS
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JOIN WORDS, PHRASES OR CLAUSES. cOORDINATIONG CONJUNCTION: AND , BUT ,FOR
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CLAUSES
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A GROUP OF WORDS WITH A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE. a MAIN CLAUSE STANDS ALONE AS A SENTENCE, A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE IS INCOMPLETE AND IS USED WITH A MAIN CLAUSE TO EXPRESS AND IDEA
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PREDICATE
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SHOWS HOW NOUNS OR PRONOUNS RELATE TO OTHER WORDS IN A SENTENCE. THEY ARE VERBS AND THE WORDS USED TO EXPLAIN THE ACTION OR CONDITION
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SUBJECTS
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ONE OF TWO MAIN COMPONENTS OF A SENTENCE, ARE NOUNS, PRONOUNS, OR PHRASES USED AS NOUNS
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PREPOSITION
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SHOW HOW NOUNS OR PRONOUNS RELATE TO OTHER WORDS IN TH SENTENCE
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SIMILES
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SHOW A SIMILILARITY BETWEEN TWO THINGS, USING "LIKE"
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PROPER NOUNS
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FORM THEIR PLURALS BY ADDING S TO THE SINGULAR OR ES IF THE WORD ENDS IN S,Z,CH OR ZH
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VERB
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MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, SHOW ACTION OR STATE OF BEING AND ALSO INDICATE TIME OF ACTION OR BEING
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