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| 4758804285 | phrase | A group of words | 0 | |
| 4758804947 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 1 | |
| 4758806458 | prepositional phrase | A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. ex.I looked INTO THE WATER. | 2 | |
| 4758808540 | infinitive phrase | Phrases that begin with an infinitive. (to + simple form of the verb) ex. TO GO TO COLLEGE is my goal. | 3 | |
| 4758809204 | gerund phrase | Begins with noun form of verb ending in -ing, plus any modifiers or complements ex. I enjoy WALKING TO SCHOOL. | 4 | |
| 4758809729 | participial phrase | A verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in ing or ed. FORGETTING HIS MANNERS, Ron burped out loud. | 5 | |
| 4758809764 | independent clause | expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. Has both a subject and a verb. ex. I RUN because I like to exercise. | 6 | |
| 4758812130 | dependent clause | this clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction, which makes the clause an incomplete thought ex. SINCE I WAS LATE TO SCHOOL, I got detention. | 7 | |
| 4758813990 | subject-verb agreement | Plural subjects must have plural verbs. Singular subjects must have singular verbs ex.The BOOKS on the shelf ARE new. The DOG in the trees IS mine. | 8 | |
| 4758814008 | pronoun agreement | agreement in number and case between a pronoun and its antecedent ex. EVERYONE wants HIS or HER pay in full. | 9 | |
| 4758815453 | parallel construction | successive sentences or phrases follow the same pattern of wording in order to emphasize and idea ex. I want TO RUN TRACK, TO WORK HARD, and TO EARN GOOD GRADES. | 10 | |
| 4758816483 | misplaced modifier | a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | 11 | |
| 4758816766 | faulty comparison | two things that logically cannot be compared are compared. a comparison can be faulty either logically or grammatically ex. I like ice cream more than grandma. | 12 | |
| 4758816767 | idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. ex. WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT with this problem. | 13 | |
| 4758817203 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 14 | |
| 4758817737 | redundancy | unnecessary repetition | 15 | |
| 4758818425 | noun | A person, place, thing, or idea | 16 | |
| 4758818426 | pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun or another pronoun | 17 | |
| 4758818998 | verb | A word that expresses action or a state of being | 18 | |
| 4758818999 | adjective | A word that describes a noun | 19 | |
| 4758819535 | adverb | A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Ex. "slowly, again, not" | 20 | |
| 4758819536 | preposition | A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. It must be used in a phrase. Ex. "IN the yard, AFTER the game" | 21 | |
| 4758820051 | conjunction | A word used to join words or groups of words. ex AND, BUT, OR, SINCE, BECAUSE | 22 | |
| 4758830524 | interjection | A word that expresses emotion. An exclamation; ex. "Ouch!'' | 23 | |
| 4758830801 | active voice | when the subject of a sentence performs the action ex. Marla used the passive voice in her essay and scored poorly. | 24 | |
| 4758831304 | passive voice | when the subject of the sentence receives the action. This sentence structure is discouraged. ex. The passive voice was use by Marla. | 25 | |
| 4829800234 | ellipsis | an omission of text signified by three dots ... | 26 | |
| 4829845393 | case | the category that describes the function of a pronoun: subject, object or possessive. Subjective examples: He, I, She, We, Objective examples: Her, Him, Me, Us, Possessive examples: Hers, His, Mine, Ours, Yours | 27 | |
| 4829845837 | antecedent | the word that the pronoun replaces in a sentence ex KIM wore her warm coat. | 28 | |
| 4829866444 | tense | this places the the action of a verb in a particular time. Examples: past, present, future, past perfect, present perfect, future perfect | 29 | |
| 4829875446 | subject | who or what a sentence is about | 30 | |
| 4829877154 | predicate | what is said about the subject of a sentence, contains at least one verb | 31 | |
| 4829888618 | double negative | A diction problem where two negatives technically suggest the opposite of what someone is trying to express. ex. I don't want no vegetables! | 32 | |
| 4829905606 | semicolon | ; Use it to link two independent clauses | 33 | |
| 4829915021 | colon | : signals a list to follow or an explanation | 34 | |
| 4829921541 | expletive | a type of interjection ex. It is cold out. Damn! | 35 | |
| 4829925884 | direct object | the object of a verb that has something done to it ex. She called ME. I bought TICKETS. | 36 | |
| 4829933765 | indirect object | a substitute for a prepositional phrase- the receiver of a direct object ex. Give ME that pen. (Give the pen to me.) | 37 | |
| 4829942135 | plural | having more than one | 38 | |
| 4829945408 | singular | only one | 39 |
