AP Grammar Term Review Flashcards

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