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1
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8 parts of speech

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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Preposition, Pronoun, Conjunction, Interjection

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Definition of a noun

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Person, place, thing, or idea

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3
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Person, place, thing, or idea

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Noun

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4
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Six types of noun

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Common, Proper, Abstract, Concrete, Collective, Compound

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5
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Definition of a pronoun

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Takes the place of a noun

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6
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Takes the place of a noun

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Pronoun

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Definition of an adverb

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Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

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The questions that adverbs answer

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How when where why to what extent

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9
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Function of prepositional phrases

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Adjective or Adverb

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Three types of conjunctions

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Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinate

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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And, but, or, for, nor, yet, so

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Correlative Conjunction

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Both-and, either-or, neither-nor, whether-or, not only-but also

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Subordinate Conjunction

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While, until, because, since, although, when, where, how, can

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14
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Simple Subject

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Main Noun

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15
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Sentences with DO and IO have what kind of verbs

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Action

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16
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Four types of sentences according to purpose

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Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamatory

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17
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5 functions of gerunds

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S, DO, IO, OP, PN

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18
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Infinitive

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to + V

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19
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3 functions

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Adjective, Adverb, Noun

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Appositive

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A noun or pronoun that renames the noun or pronoun it follows

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Appositive Phrase

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Modifiers only

22
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Sentences according to structure

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Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

23
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Alliteration

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the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a line of poetry

24
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Assonance

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Repeated vowel sounds in a line of poetry

25
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Two techniques of characterization

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Direct and indirect

26
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Words and Phrases that appeal to the five senses

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Imagery

27
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A reasonable conclusion about a character or event drawn from the limited information presented by the author

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Inference

28
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Words in the same line of poetry that rhyme together

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Internal Rhyme

29
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Three types of irony

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Verbal situation dramatic

30
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Words that sound like what they mean

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Onomatopoeia

31
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Point of view that indicates the narrators relation to the story

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First person

Third person

32
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Point of view that indicates the narrator knowledge of the characters thoughts or feelings

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objective, limited omniscient, omniscient

33
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Fixed generalized ideas about characters and situations

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Stereotype

34
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Something concrete which represents something abstract

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Symbol

35
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Universal symbols

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Flag, Dove, wedding ring, owl, eagle

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Universal themes

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Love death time greed betrayal friendship survival

37
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Five steps of the writing process

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Prewriting
First draft
Revising
Editing
Final draft (publishing)
38
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Six traits of writing

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Ideas/content
Organization 
Word Choice 
Sentence Fluency
Voice
Conventions
39
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Substance of your writing

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Ideas/Content

40
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Structure of your writing

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Organization

41
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The vocabulary the writer chooses

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Word Choice

42
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How smooth the writing sounds when read aloud

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Sentence Fluency

43
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The personality of the writer shown in the writing

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Voice

44
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Technical aspects of the writing

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Conventions

45
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Four types of essays

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Narrative
Descriptive
Persuasive
Expository

46
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Used to show the relationship between ideas details and examples

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Transitions

47
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Transitions

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finally, meanwhile, however, therefore, lastly, after

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