AP Language and Composition- Grammar Flashcards
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| 6408218331 | Adverb | A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb | 0 | |
| 6408218332 | Adjective | A word that modifies a noun | 1 | |
| 6408218333 | Absolute Adjectives | An adjective with a meaning that is generally not capable of being intensified or compared | 2 | |
| 6408218334 | Antecedent | The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to "I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose." | 3 | |
| 6408218335 | Conjunction | The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences | 4 | |
| 6408218336 | Coordination | The grammatical connection of two or more ideas to give them equal emphasis and importance | 5 | |
| 6408218337 | Subordination | When one element of a sentence is dependent on (or subordinate to) another element of the sentence. | 6 | |
| 6408218338 | Coordinating Conjunctions | A conjunction that joins to similarly constructed phrases or clauses within a sentence | 7 | |
| 6408218339 | Subordinating Conjunction | A conjunction that introduces a dependent clause | 8 | |
| 6408218340 | Correlative Conjunctions | A paired conjunction that links balanced words, phrases, and clauses | 9 | |
| 6408218341 | Predicate | One of the two main parts of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb | 10 | |
| 6408218342 | Independent Clause | Can stand alone as a complete sentence | 11 | |
| 6408218343 | Dependent Clause | Requires another sentence element in order to make complete sense | 12 | |
| 6408218344 | Adjective Clause (Dependent & Subordinate) | A dependent clause used as an adjective within a sentence | 13 | |
| 6408218345 | Adverb Clause (Dependent & Subordinate) | A dependent clause used as an adverb within a sentence | 14 | |
| 6408218346 | Conditional Clause (Dependent & Subordinate) | A clause that expresses a hypothesis or condition, real or imagined | 15 | |
| 6408218347 | Comparative Clause | A type of dependent or subordinate clause that follows as, than, or like and expresses a comparison | 16 | |
| 6408218348 | Phrase | Does not contain a subject or predicate | 17 | |
| 6408218349 | Absolute Phrase | A group of words (often consisting of a participle and its subject) that modifies an independent clause as a whole "Their slender bodies sleek and black against the orange sky, the storks circled above us." | 18 | |
| 6408218350 | Appositive Phrase | A noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns used to identify or rename another noun, noun phrase, or pronoun "The student, an overconfident oaf, chose not to study and failed the vocabulary quiz." | 19 | |
| 6408218351 | Participial | A verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns | 20 | |
| 6408218352 | Participial Phrase | A phrase that begins with a participle | 21 | |
| 6408218353 | Prepositional Phrase | A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition "Over the rainbow" | 22 | |
| 6408218354 | Gerund | A verb form acting as a noun. | 23 | |
| 6408218355 | Gerund Phrase | A phrase that begins with a gerund. | 24 |