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20 Cards in this Set
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3 types of sentence structures |
Compound, complex, and simple |
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seven coordinating conjunctions |
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
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What type of sentences use coordinating conjunctions? |
Compound |
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Twelve subordinating conjunctions |
After, although, as, because, before, since, unless, until, when, whenever, while |
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What type of sentences use subordinating conjunctions? |
Complex
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What is an independent clause? |
simple sentence |
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What is a dependent clause? |
A subordinating clause |
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What do adjectives modify? |
nouns |
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What do adjectives tell us? |
what kind, which one, how many |
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What are the three articles? |
The, an, a |
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What are the four demonstrative adjectives? |
This, that, these, those |
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What do adverbs modify? |
Adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs
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What do adverbs tell us? |
how, when, where, why, and to what extent
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What is a double negative? |
When two negatives are used together (I will not never use that rolling pin again after my traumatic experience. |
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What type of punctuation do you use for an interrogative sentence? |
? |
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What type of punctuation do you use for a declarative sentence? |
. |
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What type of punctuation do you use for an exclamatory sentence? |
! |
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What type of punctuation do you use for an imperative sentence? |
. |
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What titles do you underline? |
books, magazines, movies, newspapers |
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What titles do you put in quotation marks? |
short stories, articles, songs, book chapters, poems |