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stems and roots
stems and roots
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English
11th Grade
06/11/2008

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bene

Definition
good
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logy
Definition
study of
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mort
Definition
death
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bio
Definition
life
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con
Definition

with

 

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pels, puls
Definition
push
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ject
Definition
in
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mal
Definition
bad
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vol
Definition
wish
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loc
Definition
place
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tele
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distance
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lum, luc
Definition
light
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ex
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out
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mot
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against
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pre
Definition
before
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lev
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air
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therm
Definition
heat
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un
Definition
not
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Noun Phrase Appositive
Definition
noun phrases that identify adjacent nouns or pronouns. They can be sentence openers, sv splits, or closers.   Non essential information. It is a "bonus"   California, a great state, is where i live.
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Participial Phrases
Definition
Describe nouns or pronouns. Always end in ing and past participial phrases always end in ed. While running to the park, i saw a dog.
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Prepositional Phrase
Definition
Describe squirrel around the tree, actions. I ran to the beach by my house in the dark.
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Adjective Clause
Definition

Describe whatever is mentioned to the left of them in the sentence. Who, which, whose, where.

 

I love to ride my bike, which is pink

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Adverb clause
Definition
Tell more about the rest of the sentence in which they appear. Tell how, why, when, or under what condition something was done. Begin with the words after, if, because, although, when ,as, before, until, for , since.
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