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12 Cards in this Set
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Phrase
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A group of words that is missing either a subject or predicate
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Clause
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A group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate
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Independent Clause
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A group of words that stand alone
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Dependant Clause
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A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate but makes the reader ask "then what?"
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Usually begins with a subordinate clause
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Conjunctions
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a part if speech that joins words, phrases, and clauses
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Coordinating Conjunctions
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Show equality between two independent clauses
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Adverbial Conjunctions
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Also known as conjunctive adverbs, sometimes used with a semi-colon; may start, interrupt, or join thoughts
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Subordinating Conjunctions
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Subordinate or make a clause dependant. If a subordinating clause starts a sentence, a comma follows the dependant clause. There is no comma if a subordinate clause ends a sentence.
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Simple Sentence
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IC
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She is nice
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Compound Sentence
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IC+IC
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Complex Sentence
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DC + IC
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Compound-Complex Sentence
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IC + IC + DC
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