writing terms

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

pronoun

Answer 2

word or group of words that takes place of a noun in a sentence

Question 3

verb

Answer 3

word used to describe an action

Question 4

preposition

Answer 4

a word governing

Question 5

adjective

Answer 5

word or phrase naming an attribute

Question 6

adverb

Answer 6

word or phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, or an entire sentence

Question 7

coordinating conjunction

Answer 7

conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences

Question 8

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 8

words that connect a dependent clause to an independent clause

Question 9

correlative conjunctions

Answer 9

always appears in pairs and is used to join grammatically equal elements in a sentence

Question 10

articles

Answer 10

piece of writing included with others in a newspaper

Question 11

interjections

Answer 11

an exclamation

Question 12

verbals

Answer 12

verb that functions as a noun

Question 13

participles

Answer 13

word formed from a verb

Question 14

gerunds

Answer 14

form that is derived from a verb

Question 15

infinitives

Answer 15

the basic form of a verb without an inflection

Question 16

appositives

Answer 16

noun/noun phrase that modifies or explains a preceding noun/noun phrase

Question 17

simple subject

Answer 17

noun or group of words that tells who the sentence is about

Question 18

complete subject

Answer 18

includes the main words that complete the simple subject

Question 19

complete predicate

Answer 19

verb in a sentence that describes the action of the verb

Question 20

verb transitive

Answer 20

verb that requires a direct object to show who acted upon the verb

Question 21

verb intransitive

Answer 21

verb that doesn’t need a direct object

Question 22

phrase

Answer 22

group of words that form a clause

Question 23

indep clause

Answer 23

group of words that contain a subject and is a complete thought

Question 24

depend clause

Answer 24

clause that adds additional info

Question 25

noun clause

Answer 25

depend clause that provides content implied or commented upon by an indep clause

Question 26

adverb clause

Answer 26

depend clause that functions as an adverb

Question 27

simple sentence

Answer 27

sentence consisting of only 1 clause

Question 28

compound sentence

Answer 28

sentence with more than one subject or predicate

Question 29

compound-complex sentence

Answer 29

sentence that contains at least 2 indep clauses and one or more depend clauses

Question 30

declarative

Answer 30

of the nature of or making a declaration

Question 31

interrogative

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having or conveying the force of a question

Question 32

imperative

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of vital importance

Question 33

exclamatory

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relating to a sudden cry or remark