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Grammer Flashcards

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Adjective

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Word that describes a noun or a pronoun

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Adverb

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Word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

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Affix

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Letter or letters that attach to a word or word root at either its beginning or end, changing the meaning

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Agreement

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Appropriate pairing of singular nouns with singular verbs or pronouns, plural nouns with plural verbs

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Ambiguity

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Refers to uncertainty of meaning or lack of clarity

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Antecedent

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Noun that a pronoun is used to represent. Pronoun must agree in number and kind with its antecedent

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Apostrophe

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Punctuation mark that indicates possessive case or omission of numbers or letters

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Article

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Word used with a noun to limit it or make it clearer

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Brainstorming

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Thinking creatively, without self censorship of a list of ideas for approaching a task, problem

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Citation

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Formally formatted bibliographic information about the source of an idea or quoted text

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Clarity

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How readily understandable a text is

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Cliché

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A phrase or expression that is overused

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Colloquialism

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Use of informal words or phrases that may be appropriate in casual writing but inappropriate in other times

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Colon

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Punctuation mark used to introduce a series or quote

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Comma

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Punctuation mark used to indicate a pause in a sentence to separate parts of a sentence or to separate items

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Complement

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Word or group of words added to a sentence to make it complete

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Complex sentence

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Sentence containing an independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses

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Compound sentence

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Sentence that has at least 2 independent clauses joined by either a comma or coordinating conjunction

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Compound – complex sentence

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Sentence that incorporates 2 independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clauses

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Conjunction

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Word used to connect independent or dependent clauses

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Connotation

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Sense or image associated with a word in addition to denotation given by its dictionary definition

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Context clues

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Words or phrases in a sentence that help the reader understand meanings of unfamiliar words

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Dependent clause

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Contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought

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Derivational morpheme

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Prefix or suffix that changes a words part of speech or meaning

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End punctuation marks

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Punctuation marks that end sentences

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Format style

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Style of writing that fits particular conventions and is appropriate in business and academic writing

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Homographs

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Words that are spelled the same as each other but have different meanings

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Homonyms

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Words that share the same spelling or pronunciation but have different meanings

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Homophones

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Words that sound the same as each other but have different meanings

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Independent clause

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Part of a sentence that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought

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Indirect object

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A person or thing to whom which or for whom which something is done

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Inflectional morpheme

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Suffix that does not change the basic meaning or part of speech of a word but rather adapts it appropriately

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Informal style

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Style of writing that is familiar and conversational. Includes slang, colloquialisms or broken syntax

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Interjection

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A word or phrase that expresses sudden or strong feeling

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Jargon

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Specialized words or expressions that are particular to a group and may be difficult for others to understand

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Modifier

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Word or phrase that describes another word or group of words

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Morpheme

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Smallest unit of grammar that has meaning

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Noun

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Person place or thing

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Object

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Person or thing that receives the action of the verb

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Outline

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General description or plan that organizes material into a logical framework

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Paragraph

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Group of related sentences

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Parentheses

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Punctuation marks that offset a word, phrase or clause that provides additional explanation

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Predicate

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Part of a sentence that expresses what a subject does and includes the verb

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Prefix

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Attaches to the beginning of a word, typically changing the words meaning

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Preposition

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Word expressing a relationship to other words

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Pronoun

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A word that is used instead of a noun: He, she, you, it

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Proofreading

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Correcting mistakes in a piece of writing

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Quotation marks

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Punctuation marks that indicate spoken dialogue or direct quotation from another written source

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Root Word (root)

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Simplest form of a word with no prefixes or suffixes that provides the foundation of its meaning

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Run on sentence

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Occurs when 2 or more independent clauses are incorrectly joined

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Semicolon

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Punctuation mark used in lieu of conjunction to separate 2 independent clauses

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Sentence fragment

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Sentence that lacks a subject and or verb and or does not express a complete thought

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Simple sentence

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Sentence containing only one clause it must have at least 1 subject and 1 verb and express a complete thought

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Slang

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Type of language that is very informal and typically used in a context in which people know 1 another well

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Subject

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Person or thing that is performing the action or being described

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Suffix

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Affix that attaches to the end of a word and may change the words meaning or part of speech

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Supporting details

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Facts or ideas that provide more information about the topic helps develop passages main idea

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Thesis

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The main idea of a paragraph or passage

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Topic sentence

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Summarizes the main idea of a paragraph

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Transition words

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Words that establish the relationship between paragraphs, sentences and creating clarity and flow of text

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Verb

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Word that expresses an action or state of being

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Verb tense

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Expresses time at which the action takes place

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