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Grammar Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| parts of speech | Words are categorized into eight parts of speech, based on how they are used and their functions (interjection, conjunction, adjective, noun, verb, adverb, preposition, pronoun) |
| interjection | a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses emotion, meaning, or feeling (Whoa!, Oh!, Well!, Oops!) |
| conjunction | words that join other words or parts of sentences together (for, and, nor, but, or yet, so) |
| adjective | a word that gives information about (describes) a noun (creepy, grey, abandoned) |
| noun | a word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea (student, school, book, education) |
| verb | a word that show action or state-of-being (running, laughed, spoke, am, is, are, were) |
| adverb | a word that tells more about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, how many, when. (quietly, very, away) |
| preposition | a word that shows the relationship of one word in a sentence to another word; tells location, direction, time, and relationship (above, before, in, under) |
| pronoun | a word that replaces one or more nouns (I, me, we, she, he, it, they) |
| appositive | word or a group of words that renames the noun before it |
| Proper Noun | a word that names a specific place, person, or thing (New York, Jane Goodall, Statue of Liberty |
| common noun | a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, or idea (state, student, river) |
| compound sentence | a sentence that connects two independent clauses |
| independent clause | a group of words that contains at least one subject and one verb; expresses a complete thought; can stand alone as a sentence |
| dependent clause | a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does NOT express a complete thought. |
| simple sentence | a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate |
| clause | a group of words that includes a subject and a verb to form a simple sentence or only part of a sentence |
| fragment | a sentence that is MISSING either its subject or its main verb |
| subject | who or what a sentence is about |
| predicate | the part of the sentence that contains the verb |
| subordinating conjunction | words and phrases that connect dependent clauses to independent clauses (because, since, although) |
| parenthesis | ( ) a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage |
| quotation marks | " " used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage |
| abstract noun | a noun that represents an idea |
| concrete noun | a noun that represents something that can be perceived by the five senses (can be touched) |
| complex sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
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