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adjective

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a descriptive word that modifies a noun or pronoun

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audio

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root

sound

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the history of a given word or its origin

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etymology

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ortho

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root

correct

e.g. unorthodox

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verbs that are comprised of “be” plus a past participle that shifts the action of a sentence from the subject to the object of the sentence

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passive verbs

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compound sentence

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a sentence that contains 2 or more independent clauses joined togetherwith a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon

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simple sentence

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a sentence that contains only one clause that has a complete meaning

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therm

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root

heat

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adverb

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a word that modifies a verb, adj or adverb and indicates when/how/where/why/how much

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the making of a noun from a verb, adverb or adjective

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nominalization

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graph

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root

written

e.g. biography

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in

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prefix

not

e.g. invisible

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coordinating conjunctions

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words that join 2 or more words, phrases or clauses so that each conjoined element is equal

e.g. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

FANBOYS

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indirect dialogue/discourse

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tells about what someone said

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verbs that show an action performed by the subject of the sentence

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active verbs

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preposition

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a word that gives additional info, usually in relationship to something else in the sentence

e.g. by, at, to, from

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a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that modifies its meaning

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prefix

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geo

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root

earth

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ia, y

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suffix

state or condition

e.g. amnesia, democracy

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group of letters added to the end of a word that modifies or extends the word’s meaning

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suffix

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a clause that is made dependent or incomplete because of the addition of a subordinating conjunction

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dependent clause

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a word that gives additional info, usually in relationship to something else in the sentence

e.g. by, at, to, from

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preposition

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nominalization

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the making of a noun from a verb, adverb or adjective

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the noun, pronoun, phase or clause that the preposition refers to

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object of the preposition

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ped

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root

foot

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suffix

belief in

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ism

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a group of words that are related and contains both a subject and a verb

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clause

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bio

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root

life

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re

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prefix

again

e.g. readjust

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root

ruler

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arch

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a sentence that contains one or more dependent clauses

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complex sentence

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direct object

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the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb

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root

sound

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audio

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passive verbs

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verbs that are comprised of “be” plus a past participle that shifts the action of a sentence from the subject to the object of the sentence

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root

foot

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ped

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36
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ology

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suffix

the study of

e.g. archeology

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37
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words that join 2 or more words, phrases or clauses so that each conjoined element is equal

e.g. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

FANBOYS

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coordinating conjunctions

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38
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a sentence where the independent clause comes first and is followed by modifiers that further develop the inital idea

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cumulative sentence

aka loose sentence

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placed between 2 independent clauses

precede conjuctive adverbs like however or therefore

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semicolon

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terra

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root

earth

e.g. extraterrestrial

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arch

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root

ruler

e,g, hierarchy

42
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prefix

not

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in

43
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attributive tag

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the part of the sentence that indicates who said a direct quote

44
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chrom

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root

color

45
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possessive pronoun

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a pronoun used to indicate ownership

46
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a word that modifies a verb, adj or adverb and indicates when/how/where/why/how much

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adverb

47
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un

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prefix

not

e.g. unavailable

48
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a pronoun used to indicate ownership

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possessive pronoun

49
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suffix

state or condition

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ia, y

50
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direct dialogue/discourse

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tells exactly what someone said with quotes

51
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complex sentence

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a sentence that contains one or more dependent clauses

52
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ism

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suffix

belief in

e.g. nationalism

53
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root

heat

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therm

54
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dis

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prefix

not

e.g. disorganized

55
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a word thatis used to limit a noun

either indefinite (a or an) or definite (the)

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article

56
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or, er

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suffix

one who takes part in

e.g. fighter, conductor

57
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prefix

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a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that modifies its meaning

58
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dependent clause

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a clause that is made dependent or incomplete because of the addition of a subordinating conjunction

59
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phrase

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a group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject together

60
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prefix

not

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dis

61
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root

form

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morph

62
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the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb

A

direct object

63
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a sentence that contains only one clause that has a complete meaning

A

simple sentence

64
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a sentence that contains 2 or more independent clauses joined togetherwith a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon

A

compound sentence

65
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a noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb

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subject

66
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suffix

A

group of letters added to the end of a word that modifies or extends the word’s meaning

67
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suffix

the study of

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ology

68
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cumulative sentence

aka loose sentence

A

a sentence where the independent clause comes first and is followed by modifiers that further develop the inital idea

69
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subordinating conjunction

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a word that joins two or more clauses and makes the clause that contains it dependent on another clause

the clause that contains this is of less importance

it stresses the other clause

e.g. because, though, although, as, as if, when, while

70
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semicolon

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placed between 2 independent clauses

precede conjuctive adverbs like however or therefore

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ic, ical, ac

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suffix

having to do with

e.g. physical, cardiac

72
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antecedent

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the noun that a pronoun refers back to

e.g. Mom went to the store before I could remind her…

Mom is this. her is pronoun

73
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subject

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a noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb

74
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active verbs

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verbs that show an action performed by the subject of the sentence

75
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object of the preposition

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the noun, pronoun, phase or clause that the preposition refers to

76
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root

written

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graph

77
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root

color

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chrom

78
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independent clause

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a clause that has a complete meaning

79
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the part of the sentence that indicates who said a direct quote

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attributive tag

80
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prefix

again

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re

81
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morph

A

root

form

82
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tells about what someone said

A

indirect dialogue/discourse

83
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root

correct

A

ortho

84
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root

earth

A

geo

85
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a descriptive word that modifies a noun or pronoun

A

adjective

86
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root

earth

A

terra

87
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a clause that has a complete meaning

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independent clause

88
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the noun that a pronoun refers back to

e.g. Mom went to the store before I could remind her…

Mom is this. her is pronoun

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antecedent

89
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suffix

one who takes part in

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or, er

90
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a sentence where the meaning or point is delayed until the end, usually in an idependant clause

often contains a string of parallel modifiers followed by main clause

A

periodic sentence

91
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root

life

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bio

92
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prefix

not

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un

93
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a word that joins two or more clauses and makes the clause that contains it dependent on another clause

the clause that contains this is of less importance

it stresses the other clause

e.g. because, though, although, as, as if, when, while

A

subordinating conjunction

94
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tells exactly what someone said with quotes

A

direct dialogue/discourse

95
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periodic sentence

A

a sentence where the meaning or point is delayed until the end, usually in an idependant clause

often contains a string of parallel modifiers followed by main clause

96
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clause

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a group of words that are related and contains both a subject and a verb

97
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etymology

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the history of a given word or its origin

98
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suffix

having to do with

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ic, ical, ac

99
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a group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject together

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phrase

100
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article

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a word thatis used to limit a noun

either indefinite (a or an) or definite (the)

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