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English and Language Usage Vocab Flashcards

1
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Homograph

A

words spelled the same but have different meanings

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Homograph

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words are pronounced the same but have different meanings

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3
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Mnemonic

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a pattern of other device to help remember something

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Adjective

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word or phrase that describes or modifies the noun

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Adverb

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

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article

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words (a and an) that refer to nouns

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complement

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sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object

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conjunction

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a connecting word

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dependent clause

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

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independent clause

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

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indirect object

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the person or thing to whom or which something is done

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interjection

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words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotion

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13
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modifier

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

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Noun

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person, place or thing

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object

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

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phrase

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a group of words that work together as a unit

17
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predicate

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

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preposition

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a word that describes relationships between other words

19
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pronoun

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a word that takes place of the noun

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subject

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the main noun of a sentence that is doing or being

21
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verb

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a word that describes an action or state of being

22
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diction

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the style of writing determined by word choice

23
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fragment

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an incomplete sentence

24
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perfective

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a verb for an item that has been completed

25
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prescriptive grammar

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specific rules for using language and grammar

26
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progressive

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a verb that shows something is currently happening

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run-on sentence

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a sentence with extra parts not joined properly

28
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tense

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past, present and future times

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transition word

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words that link or introduce ideas

30
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subject-verb agreement

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

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pronoun-antecedent agreement

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

32
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colloquialism

A

informal word or phrase

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