grammar & parallelism Flashcards
noun
person place thing
adjective
describes noun/pronoun
adverb
describes verb/adjective/adverb
pronoun
replace noun
interjection
express strong emotion often with an exclamation mark
conjunction
connecting words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence ex. fanboys
preposition
used before noun/pronoun- desrcibes TIME, PLACE, OR DIRECTION
noun + modifier, can be part of subject, object, or prepositional object
main phrase
the father of waters (noun) is the Mississippi river
main phrase
group of words used as a verb, contains verb and its compliment
verb phrase
he is runnning toward the bus
verb phrase
verb form that functions as a noun- can be subject, object, or prepositional object, can usually be replaced with a pronoun
gerund phrase
skiing is my favorite sport
gerund phrase
‘-to” can be noun, verb, adjective
infinitive verb
to love unconditionally is selfless
infinitive verb
modifies noun in same sentence, looks like verb but acts like an adjective
participal verb
wagging her tail, my puppy greets me.
participal verb
noun phrase giving another name to the noun right beside it
appositive phrase
my dog, a poodle and maltese mix, is a rascal
appositive phrase
modifying phrase with preposition and object as an adjective or adverb
prepositional phrase
josie is inside the store (inside the store–> phrase after is, verb , josie is the girl with blue eyes (with blue eyes–> phrase after noun, girl)
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
group of words acts as a single noun, but contains a subject and verb ex that, how, who
noun clause
she knew how it broke CAN BE REPLACED WITH PRONOUN
noun clause (can be replaced with pronoun)
dependent clause acting as an adverb
adverb clause
if you pay for the snacks, i’ll get the pizza
adverb clause
group of words acting as an adjective ex whose, which, etc
adjective clause
constantine, whose birthday is today, is in town.
adjective clause
2 or more independent clauses connected with a cc
coordinate clause
using the same parallelism form of repeating ideas so each idea is levied
parallelism
- put listed items in column
- use same structure on both sides of cc
- keep members of series/istl same construction
important factors of parallelism
