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14 Cards in this Set
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Independent Clause
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expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence
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Subordinate Clause
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does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence also know as a dependent clause
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Simple Sentence
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a sentence containing an independent clause
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Compound Sentence
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sentence that contains two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon.
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Subject
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who or what the sentence is about. Find the subject by asking (who or what "the verb"
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Verb
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tells what the subject is or does
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Run-on sentence
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two or more independent clauses joined without a conjunction or semicolon.
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sentence fragment
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a sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
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Complex sentence
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a sentence that contains and independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
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Subordinate Clause
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Another word for "dependent clause"
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declarative sentence
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a sentence that makes a statement
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imperative sentence
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a sentence that delivers a command
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exclamatory sentence
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a sentence that shows strong feelings
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interrogative sentence
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a sentence that ask a question
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