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13681030538Prepositional phraseA group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun0
13681046783SyntaxSet of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences1
13681051652AntithesisExact opposite2
13681056842EuphemismAn indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered too harsh3
13681056843OxymoronA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction4
13681061555ApostropheA figure of speech that is a direct address to an absent or imaginary person5
13681067833ReminiscenceMemory or act of recalling the past6
13681071319DiatribeA bitter verbal attack7
13681136621NounA person, place, thing, or idea8
13681136622Compound nounSingle noun formed from two or more words9
13681142915Common nounA general name for a person, place, or thing10
13681142916Proper nounA specific person, place, thing, or idea11
13681147987Concrete nounA physical person, place or thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted12
13681147988Abstract nounA noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.13
13681153898PronounA word that takes the place of a noun14
13681153899AntecedentThe word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.15
13681162574Personal pronounRefers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about16
13681166029Subjective pronounA personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a sentence17
13681176161Objective pronounA pronoun that is the object of the verb18
13681176162Possessive pronounA pronoun used to indicate ownership.19
13681180744Demonstrative pronounA pronoun that points out a person, place, thing, or idea (this, that, these, those)20
13681184754Interrogative pronounA pronoun that asks a question (who, whom, whose, what, which)21
13681184755AdverbA word that describes a verb22
13681190608Comparative adverbsCompares two actions23
13681190609PrepositionA word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word24
13681196947VerbAn action word25
13681196948Helping verbHelps the main verb express action or a state of being26
13681201776Action verbA verb that shows that something is being done, a word that shows action.27
13681208489Linking verbconnects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject (am, is, was, were)28
13681212541AdjectiveA word that describes a noun29
13681217398SubjectWho or what the sentence is about30
13681217399PredicateThe part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject31
13681222853ConjunctionsWords used to join words, phrases, or clauses (FANBOYS)32
13681222854InterjectionsA word that expresses emotion33
13681570554PostpositionA grammatical word or morpheme that follows a noun phrase and indicates its relation in a clause or another noun phrase.34
13731457517EpigraphThe use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme35
13731462100AllegoryA story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.36
13731464027AllusionA reference to another work of literature, person, or event37
13731465575AmbiguityThe multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.38
13731466303AphorismA concise statement/wise observation of a truth or principle39
13731476059AnaphoraThe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses40

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