AP Language and Composition Flashcards
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6891263543 | Noun | a word that names. nouns may name persons places, objects, event or ideas | 0 | |
6891263544 | Adjective | a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun answers: what kind? which one? how many? | 1 | |
6891263545 | Verb | A word that expresses action or a state of being | 2 | |
6891263546 | Verb Phrase= | main verb + one or more helping verbs | 3 | |
6891263547 | Two types of verbs | linking and action | 4 | |
6891263548 | Averb | a word that modifies or limits the meaning of a verb an adjective or another adverb | 5 | |
6891263549 | Adverbs answer one of six questions: | why, when, where, how, to what extent, under what extensions | 6 | |
6891263550 | Preposition | a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun called the object of the prep to another part of the sentence | 7 | |
6891263551 | Four Major Compliments | 1. S+AV+Direct Object 2. S+AV+Indirect Object+ Direct Object 3. S+LV+Predicate Nomative 4. S+LV+Predicate Adjective | 8 | |
6891263552 | Identifying Verbs and Compliments | The verb helps determine the compliment | 9 | |
6891263553 | Action Verb | Transitive: DO) What? Whom? IO) to Whom? for Whom? Intransitive: shows no action no complement | 10 | |
6891263554 | Linking Verbs | PN) Renames or restated the subject PA) Describes the subject | 11 | |
6891263555 | DO | Noun or Pronoun | 12 | |
6891263556 | IO | Noun or Pronoun | 13 | |
6891263557 | PN | Noun or Pronoun | 14 | |
6891263558 | PA | Adjective | 15 | |
6891263559 | Prepositional Phrase= | Prep+(any modifiers)+object | 16 | |
6891263560 | Appositive Phrase= | noun or noun phrase | 17 | |
6891263561 | Participial Phrase= | past tense verb+ any complements or modifiers present tense verb+any complete or modifiers | 18 | |
6891263562 | Gerund Phrase= | -ing verb+ any complements or modifiers | 19 | |
6891263563 | Infinitive Phrase | "to"+ a verb+ any complements or modifiers | 20 | |
6891263564 | Simple Sentence | 1 independent clause | 21 | |
6891263565 | Compound Sentence | 2 independent clauses | 22 | |
6891263566 | Complex Sentence | 1 independent clause+ 1 subordinate clause | 23 | |
6891263567 | Compound-Complex Sentence | 2 Independent clauses+ 1 subordinate clause | 24 |