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31 Cards in this Set
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Clause
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A group of words containing its own subject and verb.
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Main Clause
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Also known as an independent clause.
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Noun Clause
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A subordinate clause that acts as a noun.
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Adverb Clause
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A subordinate clause that modifies a verb, adjective, adverb, or verbal. They tell when, where, how, or why.
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Adjective Clause
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A subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, telling what kind or which one. (that, which, who, whom, whose)
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Dependent Clause
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A clause that can only be part of a sentence.
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Independent Clause
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A clause that can stand by itself in a sentence.
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Subordinate Clause
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Also known as a dependent clause.
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Participle
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A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and modifies a noun or pronoun.
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Present Participle
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A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and modifies a noun or pronoun and is use in present tense. (-ing)
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Past Participle
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A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and modifies a noun or pronoun and is used in the past tense. (-ed)
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Phrase
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A group of words.
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Prepositional Phrase
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A group of words that always end with a noun or pronoun.
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Adjective Phrase
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A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one.
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Adverb Phrase
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A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, adj., or adverb by pointing out where, when, in what manner, or to what extent.
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Relative Pronoun
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Begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the sentence.
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Gerund
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A form of a verb that acts as a noun.
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Simple Sentence
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1 independent clause.
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Compound Sentence
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2 independent clauses.
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Complex Sentence
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1 independent clause and 1 or more subordinate clauses.
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Compound-Complex Sentence
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2 or more independent clause and 1 or more subordinate clauses.
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Active Voice
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The form of a verb that shows its subject performing the action.
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Passive Voice
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The form of a verb that shows its action performed upon the subject.
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Direct Object
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A noun, pronoun, or group of words acting as a noun that receives the action of a transitive verb.
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Infinitive
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A form of a verb that comes from after the word to and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
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Subordinating Conjunction
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Connects two ideas by making one of them less important.
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Adjective
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A word used to describe a noun or pronoun.
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Adverb
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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
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Appositive
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A noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it.
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Verbal
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A word that acts as a noun and ends in (-ing).
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Parallel Structure
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The same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
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