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Phrases, Clauses, Se
Terms/Definition
| Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compound Verb | A subject doing two or more actions: Jack and Jill went up the hill and fetched a pail of water. |
| Compound Subject | A subject with two people or things; Jack and Jill went up the hill. |
| Independent Clause | A clause that can stand on its own: I like ice-cream |
| Relative Clause | A dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun: that, which, who, whomever etc... |
| Subordinate Clause | A dependent clause that begins with a subordination conjunction: although, if, since etc... |
| Clause | a group of words that contains its own subject and verb. Sometimes a clause can stand on its own: i like i-cream. Some times it can't: If i like ice-cream |
| Appositive Phrase | a noun phrase that renames a noun The soldier, and ex-marine,... |
| ABBI SAW A WU WU | as, because, before, if, since, after, while, although, when , until, where, unless |
| Dependent Clause | can't stand on its own: since i like ice-cream... |
| Simple sentence | contains one independent clause |
| FANBOYS | for, and , nor, but, or, yet, so |
| phrase | group of words that doesn't contain it's own subject and verb: down the street, eating ice-cream, after dark |
| complex sentence | one independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses (relative or subordinate) |
| prepositional phrase | starts with a preposition: over the river, through the woods, to grandmother's house |
| Predicate | starts with what the subject is doing (verb). sometimes obvious like with an action verb: "swim, dance," but not always, such as with the verbs "is" or "has." |
| compound-complex sentence | two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause |
| compound sentence | two independent clauses joined by a fanboy or semicolon |
| subject | what or who the sentence is mainly about. Usually in the beginning or the sentence to the left or the verb. |
| comma splice | when the sentence uses a comma incorrectly and instead needs a period or semicolon. |
| Participle phrase | starts with an "ing" word: walking down the hall, i notice a line at the bubbler. |
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