A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.

(A subject that is actively doing a verb) 

when the saints go marching in 

Mounting by degrees through words or sentences of increasing weight and in parallelconstruction with an emphasis on the high point or culmination of a series of events.

Characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language as distinct from formal or literary English.

Example: People from Boston say "wicked" to mean good 

A word or word group that completes the predicate in a sentence

Example: My sister is the doctor. 

An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point.

Example: I know the dangers of traveling to another country, but I have researched it heavily and feel safe enough to do so.