Grammar: knowledge of language Flashcards
Diction
Style of writing determined by word choice
Fragment
An incomplete sentence
Perfective
A verb for an item that has been completed
Prescriptive grammar
Specific rules for using language and grammar
Progressive
A verb that shows something is currently happening
Transition words
Words that link or introduce ideas
Subject verb agreement
Matching like numbers of subjects and verbs: singular with singular, plural with plural
Pronoun antecedent agreement
Matching like numbers or pronouns and their antecedents: singular with singular and plural with plural
Agreement words
Also
Likewise
In addition
Similarly
Opposition
But
Although
Then again
Conversely
Cause
If
Unless
In order to
In the event that
Examples
Like
Including
In other words
For example
Effect
Therefore
Consequently
Accordingly
As a result
Conclusión
After all
In short
Altogether
Ultimately
Chronology
Before
After
In the meantime
Suddenly
Location
Here
There
Wherever
Adjacent to
None simple
Wrote - past
Writes - present
Will write -future
Progressive examples
MEANING “INCOMPLETE”
Was writing - past
Is writing - present
Will be writing - future
Perfective
Meaning COMPLETE
Had written - past
Has written - present
Will have written - future
