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Knowledge Map 106-120
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15
Grammar
7th Grade
02/21/2010

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Term
An _____________ sentence conveys strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
Definition
exclamatory
Term
An _______________ sentence gives an order and ends with a period or exclamation mark.
Definition
imperative
Term
An __________ _________ provides details about the noun or pronoun before it.
Definition
appositive phrase
Term
To set off an appositive phrase, always use a comma _______ ___ ___________
Definition
before and after
Term
Plural nouns ending in -s add an _________ after the -s; all other cases get the -'s
Definition
apostrophe
Term
Use a _______ with a quotation
Definition
comma
Term
In _______, use a comma to set off the words of the speaker from the rest of the sentnece
Definition
diologue
Term
Use a ________ between words, phrases, or clauses in a series of three or more items.
Definition
comma
Term
When using ____________ ________ for dialogue and copying from a text, punctuation goes inside the ending quote.
Definition
quotation marks
Term
Use a comma to seperate two independent clauses with a ____________ (FANBOYS)
Definition
conjunction
Term
A _____________ connects two related independent clauses without a conjunction; it connects two thoughts.
Definition
semi-colon
Term
A _____ is followed by an elaboration or summation of what precedes, or sued to seperate groups of numbers referring to different things (as hours from minutes in 5:30); or used to seperate members of a ratio or proportion.
Definition
colon
Term
A _____ may be used in a greeting of a formal/business letter, list or important point.
Definition
colon
Term
Nouns that end in -s, -z, -x, -ch, and -sh, form their _____ by adding the suffix -es.
Definition
plural
Term
Numbers less than twenty should be _______________
Definition
written out
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