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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
Punctuation marks that end sentences
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Format style
Style of writing that fits particular conventions and is appropriate in business and academic writing
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Homographs
Words that are spelled the same as each other but have different meanings
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Homonyms
Words that share the same spelling or pronunciation but have different meanings
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Homophones
Words that sound the same as each other but have different meanings
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Independent clause
Part of a sentence that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought
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Indirect object
A person or thing to whom which or for whom which something is done
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Inflectional morpheme
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
Style of writing that is familiar and conversational. Includes slang, colloquialisms or broken syntax
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Interjection
A word or phrase that expresses sudden or strong feeling
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Jargon
Specialized words or expressions that are particular to a group and may be difficult for others to understand
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Modifier
Word or phrase that describes another word or group of words
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Morpheme
Smallest unit of grammar that has meaning
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Noun
Person place or thing
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Object
Person or thing that receives the action of the verb
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Outline
General description or plan that organizes material into a logical framework
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Paragraph
Group of related sentences
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Parentheses
Punctuation marks that offset a word, phrase or clause that provides additional explanation
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Predicate
Part of a sentence that expresses what a subject does and includes the verb
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Prefix
Attaches to the beginning of a word, typically changing the words meaning
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Preposition
Word expressing a relationship to other words
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Pronoun
A word that is used instead of a noun: He, she, you, it
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Proofreading
Correcting mistakes in a piece of writing
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Quotation marks
Punctuation marks that indicate spoken dialogue or direct quotation from another written source
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Root Word (root)
Simplest form of a word with no prefixes or suffixes that provides the foundation of its meaning
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Run on sentence
Occurs when 2 or more independent clauses are incorrectly joined
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Semicolon
Punctuation mark used in lieu of conjunction to separate 2 independent clauses
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Sentence fragment
Sentence that lacks a subject and or verb and or does not express a complete thought
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Simple sentence
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
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
Person or thing that is performing the action or being described
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Suffix
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
Facts or ideas that provide more information about the topic helps develop passages main idea
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Thesis
The main idea of a paragraph or passage
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Topic sentence
Summarizes the main idea of a paragraph
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Transition words
Words that establish the relationship between paragraphs, sentences and creating clarity and flow of text
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Verb
Word that expresses an action or state of being
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Verb tense
Expresses time at which the action takes place

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