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19 Cards in this Set
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Declarative
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A statement ended with a period. Look for the . at the end.
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Interrogative
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Asks a question. Look for the ? mark.
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Imperative
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Gives a command. The subject is implied. "Sit down." Ends with a .
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Exclamatory
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A sentence that expresses strong emotion. Look for the !
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Period
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. Ends a sentence
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Question mark
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? Used at the end of a question.
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Comma
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, Used to separate a list of items in a sentence or to separate clauses.
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Exclamation mark (or Exclamation point)
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! Used at the end of sentence to show emotion.
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Quotation marks
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" " Used to show when someone is talking in a sentence.
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Subject
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The "who" or the "what" of a sentence. "The fluffy dog ate his food." "Dog" is the simple subject of this sentence.
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Predicate
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The action of a sentence. "The fluffy dog ate his food." "Ate" is the simple predicate of this sentence.
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Common noun
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A person, place, or thing.
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Proper noun
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A specific person, place, or thing. For example, Mrs. Fickes, Park Hill School, the Eiffel Tower. Proper nouns are capitalized.
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Singular noun
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ONE person, place, or thing. For example, dog, school, apple.
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Plural noun
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Two or more of a person, place, or thing. For example, apples, dogs, schools.
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Blend
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Two or more consonants that work together in a word. For example, the word "cream" has a "cr" blend at the beginning.
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Vowels
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a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y
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Consonants
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b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z.
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pronoun
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A part of speech. It replaces a noun in a sentence. For example: Bob drove the car to the gas station. We can replace nouns with pronouns: He drove it to the gas station.
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