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English and Language Vocabulary Flashcards

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Verb

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A word that describes an action or a state of being

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Transition Words

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Words that link or introduce ideas

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Transition

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Words or sentences that lead from one idea to another

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Topic Sentence

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The sentence that summarizes the main idea of a text or paragraph

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Tone

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An author’s implied or explicit attitude toward a topic

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Tense

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Refers to when an action occurs; past, present or future

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Synonyms

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Words with identical or similar meanings

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Supporting Details

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Information that supports the main idea by answering who, what, where, when or why

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Suffix

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An affix that appears at the end of a word

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Subject Verb Agreement

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Matching like numbers and verbs; singular with singular, plural with plural

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Subject

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The main noun of a sentence that is doing or being

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Stream-of-consciousness Writing

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A narrative that mimics interior monologue

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Slang

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Informal language usually tied to a specific group of people

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Simple Sentences

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Sentence that contains only one idea or independent clause and uses only an end mark

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Semicolon

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Punctuation mark used between two independent clauses that are not bridged with a connecting word

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Second Person

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A narrative mode that addresses the reader as ‘you’

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Run On Sentence

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A sentence with extra parts that are not joined properly by the correct conjugation or punctuation

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Root

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A word part to which an affix can be attached

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Register

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Degree of formality in a text

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Quotation Mark

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Punctuation marks that denote spoken or other quoted text

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Question Mark

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End mark that denotes a query

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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

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Pronoun

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A word that takes the place of a noun

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Progressive

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A verb tense indicating that the action described is currently happening

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Preposition

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A word that describes relationships between other words

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Prefix

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An affix that appears at the beginning of a word

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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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Plural

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More than one term

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Phrase

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A group of words that work together as a unit

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Period

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End mark that denotes the end of a standard sentence

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Perfective

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A verb tense indicating that the action described has been completed

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Object/ Direct Object

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

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Oxford Comma

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The comma before the ‘and’ in a simple series of items; also known as a serial comma

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Noun

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A person, place ,thing or idea

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Morpheme

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The smallest meaningful unit in grammar

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Mood

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How the elements in a text, such as word choice, make the reader feel

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Modifier

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A word or group of words that provides description for another word

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Mind Mapping

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Visually diagramming ideas around a central concept

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Interjection

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A word or phrase that represents a short burst of emotion

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Informal

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A style that is relaxed and unofficial

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Inflection

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How a word is spoken to modify its tone or meaning

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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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Independent Clause

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A group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought

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Homophones

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Words that sound the same, such as ‘new’ and ‘knew’ but have different meanings

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Homographs

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Words that are spelled the same, such as bass (a fish) and bass (a musical instrument) but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently

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Fragmented

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An incomplete sentences

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Formal

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A style that follows conventional rules

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Exclamation Marks

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End mark that denotes strong feeling

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End Marks

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Punctuation marks that end sentences; period, question mark and exclamation mark

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Draft

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An unfinished version of a text

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Diction

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The style of writing determined by word choice

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Derivation

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Determining the origin of a word

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Dependent Clause

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Surrounding words or ideas within a sentence or passage that affect the meaning of a word and influence how it is

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Conjunction

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A connecting word

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Compound Sentence

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Sentence that contains at least two independent clauses

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Complex Sentences

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Sentences that contains an independent clauses and a dependent clause

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Compement

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Sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object

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Comma

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Punctuation mark used to separate parts of sentences

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Colon

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Punctuation mark used to introduce a quote or list and in ratios and expressions of time

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Colloquilism

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An informal word or phrase

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Citation

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A strictly formatted line of text that provides a source reference

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Brainstorming

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Discussion as a group to create an idea or solve a problem

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Article

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Words (a,an or the) that refers to a noun

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Apostrophe

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Punctuation mark that denotes possessive case or omission of letters

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Affix

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Letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to modify its meaning

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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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Adjective

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Word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun

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