Chapter 7 Flashcards
Simple Predicate
Meaning only the word
Predictive
Statement made about the subject
Complete Predicate
Meaning the verb plus any compliments, objects, and modifiers
What are the three different kinds of predicates?
Complete, compound, and simple
Compound Predicate
Sentences contain more than one verb
Clause
Each group of words that contain both a subject and a predicate.
What are the two types of clauses?
Independent (or main) and subordinate (or dependent).
Phrase
Any group of words that makes sense as a unit,but lacks a predicate.
What are the five different kinds of phrases?
Noun, verb, prepositional, absolute, and verbal.
What are the four types of sentences?
Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.
Simple sentences
No matter how long and densely packed with modifiers and phrases
Complex sentences
Sentences that include one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
Compound sentences
Contain more than one independent clause
Compound-complex
Sentence contain more than one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
3 Rhetoric categories
Loose, periodic, and balanced
Loose sentence
If independent clause appears first
Periodic sentence
Places independent clause at the end of the sentence.
Balanced sentence
One independent clause follows another; two (or more) clauses often parallel in structure.
Cumulative
Contains modifiers that develop or qualify main idea In the independent clause.
Subject
The part of the sentence that the forms or is associated with an action
Appositive phrase
Phrase that expends on the term that immediately precedes it.
Coordination
Joining together clauses with either a semicolon or with a coordinating conjunction.
Subordination
Turn one of the clauses into a subordinate clause.
Cutting words
Cutting unnecessary words and turning a clause into a phrase.
Appositive phrase
Phrase that expands the term it follows an a useful and effective subordination device.
Periphrastic
More wordy and indirect phrasing the original sentences is often described. Using sentences to form the verb as the operational verb, noun forms, adjective forms, or adverb forms of verbs rather than operational verbs.
Expletive
Another common type of periphrasis, or indirect construction. They are words that can often be used without significant loss of meaning.
