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TEAS English/Grammar
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjective | a descriptive word that modifies a noun or a pronoun |
| Adverb | a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb and indicates when, how, where, why or how much |
| Article | a word that is used to limit a noun, either indefinite (a and an) or definite (the) |
| Clause | a group of words that are related and contain both a subject and a verb |
| Direct object | the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb and answers the question whom, or what |
| Noun | a word for a person, place, or thing |
| Object of the preposition | the noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause to which the preposition refers |
| Phrase | a group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject together |
| Possessive pronoun | a pronoun used to indicate ownership |
| Preposition | a word such as by, at, to, or from that gives additional information, usually in relationship to something else in the sentence |
| Pronoun | a word that replaces and refers to a noun |
| Subject | a noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb. If a sentence contains a verb of being or linking verb such as be, feel, become, or look, the subject of the sentence is the noun or pronoun being described |
| Verb | a word that shows an action or a state of being |
| Example of different parts of speech | The young boys enjoy soccer practice (definite (adjective) (subject- (verb) (adjective) (direct-object) article) noun) |
| First person (common possessive pronouns) | Singular: mine, my Plural: our, ours |
| Second person (common possessive pronouns) | Singular: your, yours Plural: your, yours |
| Third person (common possessive pronouns) | Singular: her, hers, his, its Plural: their, theirs |
| First person (conjugation of the Verb Run) | Singular: I run Plural: We run |
| Second person (conjugation of the Verb Run) | Singular: You run Plural: You run |
| Third person (conjugation of the Verb Run) | Singular: He runs Plural: They run |
| First person (pronouns) | Singular: I, me, mine, my Plural: we, us, our, ours |
| Second person (pronouns) | Singular: you, your, yours Plural: you, your, yours |
| Third person (pronouns) | Singular: he, she, him, her, it, hers, his, its Plural: they, them, their, theirs |
| Antecedent | the noun that a pronoun refers back to |
| Gendered language | specifies male or female gender using words such as he or she; neuter gender words like it do not specify male or female gender, but are rare in English |
| Indirect dialogue | |
| Direct dialogue | |
| Attributive tag | |
| Point of view | |
| First person (point of view) | |
| Second person (point of view) | |
| Third person (point of view) | |
| Coordinating conjuctions | |
| Subordinating conjuction | |
| Nominalization | |
| Active verbs | |
| Audience | |
| Passive verbs | |
| Passive voice | |
| Context clues (pg. 188) | words surrounding an unfamiliar word that can help a reader discern the meaning of an unfamiliar word |
| Word structure | |
| Etymology | |
| Root word | |
| Prefix | |
| Suffix | |
| Simple sentence | |
| Independent clause | |
| Dependent clause | |
| Complex sentence | |
| Paragraph | |
| Topic sentence | |
| Support | |
| Periodic sentence | |
| Cumulative sentence (loose sentence) | |
| Nonrestrictive phrases | |
| Nonrestrictive clauses | |
| Homophones | words that sound alike but are spelled differently. (ex: affect, effect & to, too, two & whose, who's & your, you're & bare, bear & site, cite & dying, dyeing |
| Ellipses | |
| Commas | |
| Semicolons | |
| Colons | |
| Hyphens | |
| Parentheses | |
| Quotation marks | |
| Apostrophes |
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ShannonLowe
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