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Grammar Flashcards

1
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words spelled the same but have different meanings

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homograph

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2
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words pronounced the same but that have different meanings

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homophone

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3
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a pattern or other device to help remember something

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mnemonic

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4
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word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb

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adverb

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5
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words that refer to nouns

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article

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6
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sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object

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complement

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7
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a connecting word

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conjunction

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8
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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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dependent clause

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9
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a group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence

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independent clause

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10
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the person or thing to whom or which something is done

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indirect object

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11
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words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotion

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interjection

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12
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a word or group of words that provides description for another word

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modifier

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13
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a word or group of words that receives the action of a verb

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object

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14
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the part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like

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predicate

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15
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a word that describes relationships between other words

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prepostion

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16
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a word that takes the place of a noun

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pronoun

17
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a verb for an item that has been completed

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perfective

18
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a verb that shows something is currently happening

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progressive

19
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an informal word or phrase

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colloquialism

20
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a relaxed, unofficial style

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informal

21
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a style that follows conventional rules

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formal

22
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a narrative mode that addresses the reader as you

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second person

23
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visually diagramming ideas around a central concept

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mind mapping

24
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a narrative device that mimics interior monologue

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stream of consciousness

25
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what are the three steps of the writing process

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prewriting, writing, revision

26
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a short paragraph that highlights a key point

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emphasis paragraph

27
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information that supports the main idea by answering who, what, where or why

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supporting detail

28
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words with identical or similar meaning

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synonyms

29
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the implied attitude toward the topic

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tone

30
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letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to change its meaning

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affix

31
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determining the origin of a word

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derivation

32
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details of how a word is expressed to modify its tone or meaning

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infelction

33
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the smallest meaningful unit in grammar

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morpheme

34
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an affix that appears at the beginning of a word

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prefix

35
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a word to which an affix can be attached

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root

36
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an affix that appears at the end of a word

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suffix

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