English and Language Vocabulary Flashcards
Verb
A word that describes an action or a state of being
Transition Words
Words that link or introduce ideas
Transition
Words or sentences that lead from one idea to another
Topic Sentence
The sentence that summarizes the main idea of a text or paragraph
Tone
An author’s implied or explicit attitude toward a topic
Tense
Refers to when an action occurs; past, present or future
Synonyms
Words with identical or similar meanings
Supporting Details
Information that supports the main idea by answering who, what, where, when or why
Suffix
An affix that appears at the end of a word
Subject Verb Agreement
Matching like numbers and verbs; singular with singular, plural with plural
Subject
The main noun of a sentence that is doing or being
Stream-of-consciousness Writing
A narrative that mimics interior monologue
Slang
Informal language usually tied to a specific group of people
Simple Sentences
Sentence that contains only one idea or independent clause and uses only an end mark
Semicolon
Punctuation mark used between two independent clauses that are not bridged with a connecting word
Second Person
A narrative mode that addresses the reader as ‘you’
Run On Sentence
A sentence with extra parts that are not joined properly by the correct conjugation or punctuation
Root
A word part to which an affix can be attached
Register
Degree of formality in a text
Quotation Mark
Punctuation marks that denote spoken or other quoted text
Question Mark
End mark that denotes a query
Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement
Matching like numbers of pronouns and their antecedents; singular with singular, plural with plural
Pronoun
A word that takes the place of a noun
Progressive
A verb tense indicating that the action described is currently happening
Preposition
A word that describes relationships between other words
Prefix
An affix that appears at the beginning of a word
Predicate
The part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like
Plural
More than one term
Phrase
A group of words that work together as a unit
Period
End mark that denotes the end of a standard sentence
Perfective
A verb tense indicating that the action described has been completed
Object/ Direct Object
A word or group of words that receives the action of a verb
Oxford Comma
The comma before the ‘and’ in a simple series of items; also known as a serial comma
Noun
A person, place ,thing or idea
Morpheme
The smallest meaningful unit in grammar
Mood
How the elements in a text, such as word choice, make the reader feel
Modifier
A word or group of words that provides description for another word
Mind Mapping
Visually diagramming ideas around a central concept
Interjection
A word or phrase that represents a short burst of emotion
Informal
A style that is relaxed and unofficial
Inflection
How a word is spoken to modify its tone or meaning
Indirect Object
The person or thing to whom or which something is done
Independent Clause
A group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought
Homophones
Words that sound the same, such as ‘new’ and ‘knew’ but have different meanings
Homographs
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
Fragmented
An incomplete sentences
Formal
A style that follows conventional rules
Exclamation Marks
End mark that denotes strong feeling
End Marks
Punctuation marks that end sentences; period, question mark and exclamation mark
Draft
An unfinished version of a text
Diction
The style of writing determined by word choice
Derivation
Determining the origin of a word
Dependent Clause
Surrounding words or ideas within a sentence or passage that affect the meaning of a word and influence how it is
Conjunction
A connecting word
Compound Sentence
Sentence that contains at least two independent clauses
Complex Sentences
Sentences that contains an independent clauses and a dependent clause
Compement
Sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object
Comma
Punctuation mark used to separate parts of sentences
Colon
Punctuation mark used to introduce a quote or list and in ratios and expressions of time
Colloquilism
An informal word or phrase
Citation
A strictly formatted line of text that provides a source reference
Brainstorming
Discussion as a group to create an idea or solve a problem
Article
Words (a,an or the) that refers to a noun
Apostrophe
Punctuation mark that denotes possessive case or omission of letters
Affix
Letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to modify its meaning
Adverb
Word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb or other adverb
Adjective
Word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun
