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30 Cards in this Set
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abbreviation
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A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps.
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Adverb
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a word that adds information to a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. An adverb is often a form of an adjective in English. Very, quickly, and beautifully are all adverbs.
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Antonyms
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Word opposite of another word: light is the antonym of dark
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Apostrophe
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The superscript sign (') used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of.
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Chronological order
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A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern
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Complete Sentence
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A complete sentence has to have a subject and a verb, and the verb has to be a "finite"
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Context clues
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The information from the immediate textual setting that helps identify a word for decoding (sounding out) and words being read for the first time. The reader's speaking vocabulary is a back-up strategy and is primarily useful to resolve ambiguity (is bread pronounced bred or breed?) and to confirm the accuracy of decoding (does it make sense and does it sound right?). ...
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Contraction
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The act of contracting or the state of being contracted. A word, as won't from will not, or phrase, as o'clock from of the clock,
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Declarative
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Serving to declare or state. Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to make a statement:
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Exclamatory
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A sentence that makes a vehement statement or conveys strong or sudden emotion.
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Fact
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Knowledge or information based on real occurrences: an account based on fact; a blur of fact and fancy.
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Interrogative
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A sentence that asks a question or makes an inquiry.
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Multi Meaning words
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At least two definition given for the same word
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opinion
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personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
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organization
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The act or process of organizing. The state or manner of being organized: a high degree of organization.
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plural
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Relating to or composed of more than one member, set, or kind:
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possessive
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Indicating ownership or a similar relationship.
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predicate
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grammar part of sentence excluding subject
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prefixes
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To put or attach before or in front of.
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punctuation
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The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases
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Root word
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The meaningful base form of a complex word after all affixes are removed
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Run on sentence
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an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independentclauses are conjoined without a conjunction
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singular
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The form of a noun or pronoun that is employed in speaking or writing when referring to only one
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Story elements
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The essential basics of a story, narrative, or poem
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The essential basics of a story, narrative, or poem
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The subject of a sentence or clause is the part of the sentence or clause about which something is ..
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suffixes
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A group of letters added to the end of a word to form a new word.
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Summarize
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To give the main facts in a condensed form. Omit any illustrations, examples, details and elaboration.
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Supporting details
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Individual parts or information related to a whole
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synonyms
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two words that can be interchanged in a context
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verb
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The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.
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