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| a noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about |
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| the word that shows the action or existence of the subject in a sentence |
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| a noun or pronoun that tells who or what after the action verb |
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| a verb that links a word in the predicate part of the sentence back to the subject |
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| a verb that shows the action of the subject |
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| a word that shows a relationship between its object and the rest of the sentence |
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| a prepositional phrase that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun |
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| a prepositional phrase that describes or modifies a verb |
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| information that shows, proves, or gives reason for making a judgment |
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| a noun that follows another noun, renaming that noun, set off by commas |
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| a dependent clause starting with a subordinate conjunction and modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb in the independent clause |
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| a word that begins an adverb clause |
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| a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun |
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| a sentence, usually at the beginning of a paragraph, that states or suggests the main idea (or topic) of a paragraph |
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| a statement that focuses the reader on the purpose of an essay |
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| the first sentence(s) of your essay which serves to grab a reader's attention |
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| the first paragraph of an essay; it introduces the main idea of the essay and captures the interest of the reader |
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| a paragraph that explains and develops the main idea of the essay |
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| the last paragraph of an essay; it reconnects to the hook and leaves the reader with a final thought on the topic of the essay |
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| a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun |
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| a verb form ending in -ed or -ing that is used as an adjective |
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| "to" plus a verb, used as an adverb, adjective, or noun |
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| a verb form ending in -ing, used as a noun |
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| a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb |
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| a dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun and modifies the noun or pronoun it follows |
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| a word that begins an adjective clause |
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| two sentences correctly joined together |
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| the punctuation mark that can join two complete sentences together to form a compound sentence without a conjunction |
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| a conjunction (and, but, or, for, so, nor, yet) that, with a comma, can create a compound sentence |
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| the only kind of conjunction that may be used with a semicolon when joining two sentences together |
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