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21 Cards in this Set
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Sentence
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a group of words that express a complete thought
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Declaritive sentence
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makes a statement; ends with a period
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Interrogative sentence
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asks a question; ends with a question mark
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Exclamatory sentence
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expresses strong feeling; ends with an exclamation
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Imperative sentence
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gives a command or makes a request; ends with a period
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subject part
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names who and/or what a sentenc is about
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Predicate part
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tells what the subject does or has. It can also describe what the subject is/is like
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Sentence fragment
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does not express a complete thought, It may also be missing a subject, predicate, or both
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complete subject
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includes all of the words in the subject part of a sentence
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complete predicate
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includes all of the words in the predicate part of a sentence
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simple subject
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the main/most important word/group of words in the complete subject.
**When 2 simple subjects are joined by the words "and" or "both, and", the subject is plural** |
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simple predicate
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main word/group of words in the complete predicate
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noun
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names a person, place, thing, or idea
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pronoun
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takes the place of 1 or more nouns
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verb
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word that expresses an action or state of being
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compound subject
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2 or more simple sunjects that share a predicate; joined by "and both", "and,or, either", "or, neither", "nor, but"
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compound predicate
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2 or more simples predicates (verbs) sharing a subject; joined by "and, both", "and, or, either", "or neither", "nor, but"
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simple sentence
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has one subject and one predicate
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compound sentence
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a sentence that contains 2 or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon
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run-on sentence
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2 or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence
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coordinating conjunctions
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and, but, or, for, so, yet, nor
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