English and Language Usage Vocab

Question 1

Homograph

Answer 1

words spelled the same but have different meanings

Question 2

Homograph

Answer 2

words are pronounced the same but have different meanings

Question 3

Mnemonic

Answer 3

a pattern of other device to help remember something

Question 4

Adjective

Answer 4

word or phrase that describes or modifies the noun

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

Question 6

article

Answer 6

words (a and an) that refer to nouns

Question 7

complement

Answer 7

sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object

Question 8

conjunction

Answer 8

a connecting word

Question 9

dependent clause

Answer 9

a group of words that includes a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 10

independent clause

Answer 10

a group of words that includes a subject and verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 11

indirect object

Answer 11

the person or thing to whom or which something is done

Question 12

interjection

Answer 12

words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotion

Question 13

modifier

Answer 13

a word or group of words that provides descriptive information about another word

Question 14

Noun

Answer 14

person, place or thing

Question 15

object

Answer 15

a word or group of words that receives the action of the verb

Question 16

phrase

Answer 16

a group of words that work together as a unit

Question 17

predicate

Answer 17

the part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like

Question 18

preposition

Answer 18

a word that describes relationships between other words

Question 19

pronoun

Answer 19

a word that takes place of the noun

Question 20

subject

Answer 20

the main noun of a sentence that is doing or being

Question 21

verb

Answer 21

a word that describes an action or state of being

Question 22

diction

Answer 22

the style of writing determined by word choice

Question 23

fragment

Answer 23

an incomplete sentence

Question 24

perfective

Answer 24

a verb for an item that has been completed

Question 25

prescriptive grammar

Answer 25

specific rules for using language and grammar

Question 26

progressive

Answer 26

a verb that shows something is currently happening

Question 27

run-on sentence

Answer 27

a sentence with extra parts not joined properly

Question 28

tense

Answer 28

past, present and future times

Question 29

transition word

Answer 29

words that link or introduce ideas

Question 30

subject-verb agreement

Answer 30

matching like numbers of subjects and verbs: singular with singular, plural with plural

Question 31

pronoun-antecedent agreement

Answer 31

matching like numbers of pronouns and their antecedents: singular with singular, plural with plural

Question 32

colloquialism

Answer 32

informal word or phrase