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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| active voice | indicates the subject of a sentence is doing the action |
| adjective | a word that describes or limits noun, pronouns, and phrases that acts as nouns |
| adverb | a word that modifies an action verb |
| clause | a group of words with a subject and a predicate |
| collective noun- | a word that represents a group that usually acts as a single unit |
| conjunction | a word that joins two or more words, phrases, or clauses |
| direct object | a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action |
| fragment | an incomplete sentence that may or may not have meaning |
| indirect object | a word that receives the actions that the verb makes on the direct object |
| interjection | a word that expresses surprise or strong feelings |
| noun | a word used to name people, places, or things |
| passive voice | indicates the subject of a sentence is receiving the actions |
| phrase | a group of related words with no subject or predicate |
| possessive noun | a noun that shows ownership |
| predicate | everything in a sentence said by to or about the subject |
| preposition | a word that connects a noun or pronoun to other words in the sentence to form a phrase |
| pronoun | a word used in the place of a noun |
| pronoun antecedent | the noun or noun phrase that is replaced by a pronoun |
| sentence | a group of related words that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought |
| subject | the person who is speaking the person who is spoken to or the person place or thing spoken about in a sentence |
| verb | a word or phrase that expresses actions |
| verb tense | indicates the time an action takes place |