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| a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun |
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| a group of words including an adjective and its complements or modifiers that functions as an adjective |
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a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb within a main clause. |
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| a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer. |
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| a conjunction that connects two grammatical elements of identical construction |
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| pronoun that points out an intended referent |
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| the sign (!) used in writing after an exclamation |
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| word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning, as chase “to pursue” and chase “to ornament metal.” |
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| a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air |
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a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance |
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| in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem "A Red Red Rose" contains two straightforward similes |
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| a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday. |
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