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L.A1
L.A vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sentence | a group of words expressing a complete thought. Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. |
| Declaritive | A sentence that makes a statement. It ends with a period. |
| Interrogative | A sentence that asks a question. It ends with a question mark. |
| Exclamatory | A sentence that shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. |
| Imperative | A sentence that commands someone to do something. It ends in a period. |
| Subject | The noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about. |
| Predicate | The verb or phrase and any modifiers that make an esstential statement about the subject. |
| Fragment | An incomplete sentence puncuated as if it were complete. |
| Complete Subject | The complete subject includes all of the words in the subject of the sentence. |
| Complete predicate | The complete predicate includes all of the words in the subject of the sentence. |
| Simple Subject | Is the main word or group of words in the complete subject. |
| Simple Predicate | Is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. |
| Compound Subject | A compound subject has two or more subjects that have the same predicate.The subjects are joined by or, and, or but. |
| Compound Predicate | A compound predicate has two or more predicates that have the same subject.The predicates are joined by or, and, or but. |
| Compound Sentence | Is a sentence that contains one or more simple sentences. |
| Complex Sentance | Is a sentence that has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. |
| Run-on | Is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one. |
| Main Clause | Is a group of words containing a subject and a predicate (independent). |
| Subordinate Clause | Is a group of words in a sentence that cannot stand alone as a sentence (dependent). |
| 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. |