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73 Cards in this Set

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Adjective
Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
Positive Adjective
Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms, without comparing it to anything else
Comparative Adjective
Compares two persons, places, things, or ideas
Noun
A person, place, thing, animal, action, or quality
Proper Noun
The official name of a particular person, place, or thing
Abstract Noun
A noun that names a quality or mental concept; something intangible that exists only in our minds
Common Noun
A noun that does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea
Collective Noun
A noun that describes a group of people or things that are considered a single unit
Noun Compound
A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
Countable Noun
A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending, usually by adding "s"
Noncountable Noun
A noun that can not be made plural via changing the ending, usually by adding "s"
Concrete Noun
A noun that names a member of a class; a group of people, places or things that is physical, visible, and tangible
Pronoun
A word that replaces a noun
Interrogative Pronoun
A pronoun that poses a question
Indefinite Pronoun
A pronoun that has an unknown or ambiguous antecedent
Demonstrative Pronoun
A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it
Relative Pronoun
A pronoun that relates one part of a sentence to a word in another part of the sentence
Personal Pronoun
A pronoun that refers to beings and objects. The basic personal pronouns are: I, you, he, she, we, they...
Verb
A word showing action or state of being
Regular Verb
A verb that forms the past tense by adding "ed" to the basic verb
Transitive Verb
A verb that takes an object to complete its meaning
Intransitive Verb
A verb that does not take an object
Antecedent
The noun, usually before the pronoun, that the pronoun replaces
Case
Groupings of nouns and pronouns that tell how the words in question are related to the other words used within them
Nominative Case
When a noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
Possessive Case
A noun or pronoun used to show ownership
Objective Case
When a noun or pronoun is used as the direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition
Clause
A group of related words containing both a subject and a predicate
Adjective Clause
A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
Dependent Clause
A group of connected words that have both a predicate and a subject but still can not stand alone
Elliptical Clause
An instance in which clause elements are omitted if the context makes clear what is being indicated
Independent Clause
A clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence
Comma Splice
An incorrect sentence construction in which two independent clauses are fused together with a comma
Complement
A word often used to complete the meaning of an intransitive verb without receiving the intransitive verb's action and with copulative (linking) verbs to describe state of being
Conjunction
A word that connects other words to each other
Direct Object
A word that receives a direct action from the subject of a sentence
Indirect Object
A word that receives the action of the sentence indirectly
Person
Indicates who is speaking and whether the subject is singular or plural
1st Person
Indicates an "I" or "we" as the subject of the sentence
2nd Person
Indicates a "you" singular or "you" plural as the subject of the sentence
3rd Person
Indicates "he", "she", "it", or "they" as the subject of the sentence
Future Tense
An expression of action that takes place in a time to follow the present
Present Tense
An expression of action that goes on in the current time or with regularity
Past Tense
An expression of action that is completed at a definite moment before the present
Idiom
An expression that is characteristic of a particular language
Interrogative Statement
A sentence that asks a question
Exclamatory Statement
A sentence that communicates a strong emotion or surprise
Declarative Statement
A sentece that makes a statement
Imperative
A verb used as a command
Imperative Statement
A sentence that makes a command
Infinitive
The basic form of the verb, usually preceeded by the preposition "to"
Split Infinitive
An instance in which the words that make up an infinitive are separated by one or more words
Interjection
Used to express strong emotion or surprise
Misplaced Modifier
A modifier that is not placed near the word it modifies
Mood
Indicates the tone of a verb
Indicative Mood
A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
Phrase
A group of connected words without a subject or predicate
Prepositional Phrase
A phrase that begins with a preposition and contains a noun and its modifiers
Participal Phrase
A phrase that contains a participle and its modifiers, which is used as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun
Absolute Phrase
A phrase that is related to a sentence in meaning, though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence
Predicate
The action of the sentence or what is said about the subject
Preposition
A word that demonstrates the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence
Object of the Preposition
The noun after the preposition
Sentence
A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and ends with a period, exclamation point, or a question mark
Compound Sentence
A sentence with atleast two verbs and two subjects
Run-On Sentence
Two complete sentences totally fused
Sentence Fragment
Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
Subject of the Sentence
The part of a sentence about with something is said
Nominal of a Sentence
A word or group of words that can function as a noun
Active Voice Sentence
A sentence in which the subject performs the action
Passive Voice Sentence
A sentence in which the subject receives the action
Subjunctive
An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
Superlative
Compares three or more persons, places, or things