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| a combonation of parts or elements |
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| an implied comparison of essentially unlike terms |
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| a comparison of essentially unalike objects using like or as |
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| an inderect reference to a famous person place event or literary work |
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| a joke that comes from a play on words |
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| using a person place object or activity to stand for an idea beyond itself |
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| a struggle between two forces (internal/external) |
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more than one word
describes the whole story |
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| general something city man region |
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| is a word that names a person place thing or idea |
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| made up of more than one word |
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| names an object that can be percieved by the sense |
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| names an idea quality or characteristic |
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| tells what someone or something does the action can be physical or mental |
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| links or joins a noun or pronoun with a word or expression that identifies or descibes that noun or pronoun |
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| a word that describes a noun or pronoun they answer which one what kind and how many |
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add to the verb most end in ly
they answer when where in what manner why to what degree |
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| are words that connect words phrases or clauses |
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| a group of words that has a subject a predicate (verb) and expresses a complete thought |
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| follow active verbs and answer the questions who or what |
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cannot be in a sentence without a direct object
Answer to whom or for whom the action was done
they come before the direct object in the sentence |
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| nouns or pronouns that follow a linking verb and point back to the subject |
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| are adjectives that follow linking verbs and point back to the subject |
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| a group of words that act as a part of speech |
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| begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun called the object of the prepostion they act as adjectives or adverbs |
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to + verb
used as nouns adjectives or adverbs |
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ends in -ing -ed -d -en or -t
used as adjectives only |
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ends in -ing only
used as nouns only |
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main and subordinate clauses
a group of words that has a subject and a verb |
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are subordinate clauses that act as nouns they can be in any position a noun is in
begin with: how, that, what, whatever, when, where, which, whichever, who, whom, whoever, whose, why |
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subordinate clauses that act as adjectives has some of the same words as noun clauses do to begin with decide how it is being used
Begin with : who,whom,whose,that,which |
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| are subordinate clauses that act as adverbs they begin with subordinating conjuctions |
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| makes a statement normally ends with a period |
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| gives a command or makes a request and normally ends in a period |
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| asks a question and ends with a question mark |
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| can be any of the above where the emotion is strong and ends in a exclamation point |
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| one set of subject + verb with only one idea |
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| two full sentences joined by a conjunction or a semicolon or a conjunctive adverb |
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| has at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
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| Compound Complex Sentence |
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| has at least two full sentences and one subordinate clause |
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