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Sentence | is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. |
declaritive | makes a statement. It ends with a period. |
interrogative | asks a question. it ends with a question mark. |
exclamitory | expresses strong feeling. it end with an exclamation point. |
imperitive | gives a command or makes a request. it ends in a period. |
subject | part of a sentence names whom or what the sentence is about. |
predicate | part of the sentence tells what the subject does or has. it can also describe what the subject is or is like. |
fragment | does not express a complete thought. it may also be missing a subject, a predicate, or both. |
complete subject | subject that includes all of the words in the subject of a sentence. |
complete predicate | predicate that includes all of the words in the predicate of a sentence. |
simple subject | is the main or most important word or group of words in the complete subject. |
simple predicate | is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. |
compound predicate | is two or more simple predicates, or verbs, that have the same subject. the verbs are connected by and, or, but |
compound sentence | is a sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. |
complex sentence | is a sentence that has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
run-on sentence | is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence. |
subordinate clause | is a groups of words in a sentence that cannot stand alone as a sentence (dependent). |
main clause | is a group of words containing a subject and a predicate (independent). |
compound subject | is two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate. the subjects are joined by and, or, both...and, or, either...or, nether... or, but. |
noun | a word that names a Person, Place, Thing, or idea. |
action verb | a word that expresses an action, such as run, inspire, create, jump. |
linking verb | a word that expresses a state of being, such as is, was, were, have, are. |