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15 Cards in this Set
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compound sentence |
two independent sentences connected by a linking word |
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complex sentence |
a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
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coupound-complex sentence |
a sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause |
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declarative sentence |
a statement usually of fact or observation |
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imperative sentence |
a sentence used to enjoin, implore or entreat |
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hortative sentence |
a sentence that exhorts, advises, or calls to action |
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interrogative sentence |
a sentence used to ask a question |
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prolepsis |
foreseeing and forestalling objections to an argument *when you consider/address the counter argument |
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infinitive phrase |
the word to + a verb |
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start a sentence with a verb |
consider, assume |
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gerund phrase |
a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun (finding, swimming) |
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predicate adjective |
and adj that comes after the noun in a sentence (today is a GLOOMY day) |
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predicate nominative or subject compliment |
a noun or pronoun that comes after the subject of a sentence and after a linking verb |
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participial phrase |
when a verb is used as an adjective (the swinging sign) |
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prepositional phrase |
a preposition is any word or grouping of words that indicates the spatial, temporal, or logical relationship |
