13828532198 | independent clause | expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence | 0 | |
13828580286 | dependent clause | A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb | 1 | |
13828589860 | prepositional phrase | A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. "after several minutes..." | 2 | |
13828595453 | pronoun antecedent | noun to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent. | 3 | |
13828614823 | subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. "As she slept," | 4 | |
13828630004 | active voice | The subject of the sentence performs the action: "The object did this" | 5 | |
13828631986 | passive voice | the subject receive the action "the dog was hit by the lady" | 6 | |
13828639303 | dangling modifier | a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence "flashing lightning and thunder, the bunny struggled in the storm" | 7 | |
13828648239 | conditional clause | used to show that the SECOND condition is CAUSED BY the FIRST condition happens "if it rains tomorrow," | 8 | |
13828654505 | relative clause | clause used to give additional information: "john, who got arrested for murder,..." | 9 | |
13828663253 | misplaced modifier | A modifier that is not placed near the word it modifies: "The man walked toward the car carrying the briefcase" | 10 |
AP Language Sentence Mechanics Flashcards
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