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21 Cards in this Set
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Adjective
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Describes or modifies a noun
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Adverb
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Describes or modifies a verb
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Phrase
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a sentence part that lacks a subject and a verb
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Prepositions
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to, in, on, at, and with
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Prepositional Phrases
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contain to, on, in, at or with
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other prepositions
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about, after,against,among,around,behind,below,beneath,between,beyond, despite, during, from, in, of, throughout, to, underneath, until, with, without
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participial phrase
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introduces and modifies a sentence
EX: Pleased by the doctor's complimentary words, the nurse smiled. |
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Clauses
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1. independent
2. dependent 3. adverbial 4. noun clause |
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independent clause
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can stand independently on own as sentence (has a subject and verb)
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dependent clause
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can't stand on own
-needs other words to make sense |
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adverbial clause
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a clause that modifies a verb
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noun clause
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can be the subject of the sentence or can receive the action of the verb
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fragments
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lacks a subject or a verb
incomplete sentence |
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run on sentence
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two independent clauses that do not contain and or but to link them
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coordinating conjunctions
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used to link independent clauses
- and, but, for, nor, or, so and yet |
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subordinating conjunction
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not as important part of the sentence
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subordinating conjunctions examples
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after, although, as, as if, as long, as, as much as, as soon as, as though, because, before, even if, even though, how, if, inasmuch as, in order that...
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the period
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tells the reader to stop
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the comma
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tells the reader to pause
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the semicolon
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is used to separate independent clauses
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colon
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used before a list
before a long quotation after a salutation |
