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Language Arts
midterm 2014
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a sentence | a word or word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a thought |
| sentence fragment | a group of word that looks like a sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb |
| subject | tells whom or what the sentence is about |
| simple subject | the main word that tells what the sentence is about |
| predicate | the part of the sentence that tells something about the subject |
| simple predicate/ verb | the main word that tells what something about the subject |
| compound subject | consists of 2 or more connected subjects that has the same verb |
| compound verb | 2 or more verbs that have the same subject |
| declarative sentence | makes a statement and ends with a period |
| imperative sentence | gives a command and ends with a period |
| interrogative sentence | asks a question and ends with a question mark |
| exclamatory sentence | shows excitement and ends with an exclamation mark |
| noun | a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea |
| common noun | names any one of a group of persons, place, things, ideas |
| proper noun | names a specific noun |
| concrete nouns | a person place or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses |
| abstract nouns | names a felling, and idea, a quality, or a characteristic |
| collective nouns | a word that names a group |
| pronoun | a word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns |
| personal pronouns | refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about |
| reflexive pronouns | refers to the subject and functions as a complement or an object of a preposition ends in self or selves |
| intensive pronouns | emphasises a noun or another pronoun and is not nessary in the sentence. ends in self or selves |
| demonstrative pronouns | points out a person, place, thing, or idea ~ this, that, these, those |
| interrogative pronouns | introduces a question ~what, which, who, whom, whose |
| relative pronouns | connects a word or word group and does not introduce a question |
| indefinite pronouns | refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may may not be specifically named |
| adjectives | a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. describes what kind, which one, and how many |
| articles | a, an, the |
| verbs | a word used to express an action or state of being |
| action verbs | a verb that expresses either a physical or mental activity |
| linking verbs | connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject |
| transitive verbs | a verb that expresses an action directed towards a noun |
| intransitive verbs | express action without the action passing to a receiver |
| adverb | a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
| adverbs answers... | where, when, how, or to what extent |
| prepositions | a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun |
| conjunctions | a word used to join words or word groups together |
| correlative conjunctions | pairs of conjunctions that join words or word groups that are used in the same way EX:both...and, either...or, neither...nor, not only... but also |
| coordinating conjunctions | join words that are used in the same way EX: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet Remembered by FANBOYS |
| interjections | a word used to express an emotion |
| direct objects | a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what receives the action of the verb answers the questions 'Who' or 'what' after a transitive verb |
| indirect objects | a noun, pronoun, or word group that sometimes appears in sentences containing direct objects |
| predicate nominatives | a word group that is in the predicate and that identifies the subject or refers to it |
| predicate adjective | an adjective that is in the predicate and that describes the subject |
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julia13
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