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| Question | Answer |
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| Clause | a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex (see complex entry 2 sense 1b(2)) or compound (see compound entry 3 sense 3b) sentence |
| Phrase | a characteristic manner or style of expression |
| Predicate | : something that is affirmed or denied of the subject in a proposition in logic |
| Modifier | a word or phrase that makes specific the meaning of another word or phrase |
| Sentence | : a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter anc pa |
| Subordinating conjunction | a conjunction that joins a main clause and a clause which does not form a complete sentence by itself |
| Dependent clause | a clause that does not form a simple sentence by itself and that is connected to the main clause of a sentence : subordinate clause |
| Independent clause | a clause that could be used by itself as a simple sentence but that is part of a larger sentence |
| Relative clause | an adjective clause introduced by a relative pronoun expressed or suppressed, relative adjective, or relative adverb and having either a purely descriptive force (as in John, who often tells fibs) or a limiting one (as in boys who tell fibs) |
| Complex Sentence | |
| Thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| Conclusion | a reasoned judgmen |
| Introduction -Introduce | to lead to or make known by a formal act, announcement, or recommendation: such as something that introduces: such as h |
| Topic Sentence | a sentence that states the main thought of a paragraph or of a larger unit of discourse and is usually placed at or near the beginning |
| Transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| Dialogue | : written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing |
| Monologue | a dramatic sketch performed by one actor |
| Stage Direction - | a description (as of a character or setting) or direction (as to indicate stage business) provided in the text of a play |
| Aside | to or toward the side stepped aside |
| Drama | Drama |
| Alliteration | |
| Paradox | |
| Oxymoron | |
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| Figurative | |
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