Syntax

Question 1

Phrase

Answer 1

Collection of words that have a grammatical relationship with each other. Are not a complete sentence.

Question 2

Noun Phrase

Answer 2

Contains a noun and words that describe the noun

Question 3

Verb Phrase

Answer 3

Comprises a main verb in a sentence plus any related words

Question 4

Adjective Phrase

Answer 4

Made up of words functioning as adjectives

Question 5

Adverb Phrase

Answer 5

Consists of an adverb or words acting as adverbs

Question 6

Prepositional Phrase

Answer 6

Consists of preposition and objects of the preposition

Question 7

Clause

Answer 7

Minimally consists of a subject and a verb. Can be independent or dependent.

Question 8

Subject

Answer 8

Noun or noun phrase that takes the action indicated by the predicator

Question 9

Object

Answer 9

Person or thing that is acted upon in a sentence

Question 10

Sentence Fragment

Answer 10

Act as a sentence even though they aren’t a complete main clause

Question 11

Simple Sentence

Answer 11

Sentence that contains at least two main clauses, joined by a coordinating conjunction.

Question 12

Compound Sentence

Answer 12

Contains at least two main clauses, joined by a coordinating conjunction

Question 13

Complex Sentences

Answer 13

Contain a single main clause and one or more subordinate clauses

Question 14

Compound-Complex

Answer 14

Must have at least three clauses in total, with at least two main clauses and at least one subordinate clause.

Question 15

Active Voice

Answer 15

Where the subject of a verb performs the action.
-The Zombies ate Joel

Question 16

Passive Voice

Answer 16

Where the subject of the verb recieves the action.
-Joel was eaten by Zombies

Question 17

Syntactic Patterning

Answer 17

Creates dramatic effect, humour, make a statement seem more persuasive, emphasise a point, create rhythm or demonstrate shared knowledge and social distance.
-Parallelism, Antithesis, listing

Question 18

Parallelism

Answer 18

Repeitition of grammatical structures two or mores times in succession.

“work hard, stay focused”

Question 19

Antithesis

Answer 19

Presentation of two contrasting ideas near one another in parallel structures.

“It was the best of time, it was the worst of times”

Question 20

Listing

Answer 20

Used to present a series of related ideas, items or elements.