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| To think of topics for writing. |
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| Words that support the main idea |
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| Tells true or made up story to the reader. |
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| A sentence that shows great emotion and ends with an exclamation point. |
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| A sentence that makes a command. |
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| A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark. |
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| To compare three or more things. |
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| Shows when someone or something is doing something. |
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| Names a noun that cannot be seen, heard, smelled, tasted or touched. |
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| Names a noun that can be touched, smelled, tasted and heard. |
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| A word that shows relationship of its object to other words in the sentence. |
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| Language that paints a picture in the reader's mind, describing something. |
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| A group of words that starts with a preposition. |
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| A pronoun that takes the place of a noun or pronoun as the subject of the sentence. |
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| Two or more predicates that have the same subject. |
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| A pronoun that shows ownership and takes the place of a noun. |
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| Two or more nouns in the sentence. |
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| A words that combines two words into one. |
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| A word added to a verb to express meaning or show tense. |
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| A sentence made up of two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction. |
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| A word that joins two or more words, phrases or clauses. |
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| A word or short phrase that expresses strong or mild feelings. |
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| A noun that shows ownership. |
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| A noun that shows ownership of one person or thing. |
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| A noun that shows ownership of more than one person or thing. |
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| A sentence make up of at least one independent clause and one dependent clause. |
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| Subordinating Conjunction |
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| Begins an independent clause. |
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| Used to set off words that are spoken. |
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| A sentence that give more information about the topic. |
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| To change something by adding to or taking away in order to improve the writing. |
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| More than one person, place or thing. |
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| Names one person, place or thing. |
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| A noun made up of two or more words. |
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| Introduces the topic of the paragraph, often found at the beginning. |
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| A verb that connects the subject to an adjective or another noun in the predicate. |
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| A word that the pronoun refers to in the sentence. |
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| A person, place or thing that owns something. |
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| To compare three or more things. |
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| A word that comes after the verb, but describes the subject. |
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| When two negative words are used in the same sentence. |
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