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49 Cards in this Set
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simple predicate
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the verb in the sentence that seperates the Subj and the predicate.: We WENT to the park. I SAW a bear
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Prefix
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2-4 letters that are before the word that hint at what it may mean pre- In-
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Prepositional phrase
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a phrase that tells where an object it is. in my car. Near the trunk.
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Primary Source
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a story told by somone who was there in the first person
I saw I did |
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Pronoun
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Takes the place of a noun
He she it her him everyone you |
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Proofreading
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checking a paper for errors
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Quotation
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like citing somthing someone has said
"hello!" "WHAT DO YA THINK URR DOIN" |
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Audience
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The person or people you are writing to.
Have Seen will make |
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Auxiliary Verb
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Helping verb that can help another main verb
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Chronological orginization
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writing in order like
I did this then this Then this and lastly this |
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citation
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When you identify that somthing 1. Not yours 2. Whos it is 3. Were its from 4. what time it was written
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Clause
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A clause can either be dependant or independant. they both contain a subject and a verb
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Coherence
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Being clear
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Complete Predicate
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Includes the main verb and all that is after it in a sentence.
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Regular Verb
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A verb of action
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Revising
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Changing and rearaging sentences to make the paper sound and read better.
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Secondary source
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Someone who heard of something than put it in a book or on the internet for others.
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Sentence types
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Interogitive imparitive declarative and exclamatory
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Simile
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compares two or more things using like or as.
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Simple subject
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The Noun the entire sentence is about
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Spatial orginization
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Written in patters or arranged non randomly in space.
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Indirect object (and) direct object
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And object that is indirect does not recive action while a direct object does.
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Object Complement
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folows a direct object and renames it or describes it
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Participial phrase
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Can act as a verb or a advjective phrase
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Participial
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acts like a verb or an adjective.
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Parts of speech
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Verb noun pronoun adverb adj preposition conjunction interjection
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Points of view
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First Person 3rd person simple 3rd person omnisenct
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linking verb
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<> Links the sentence and it is is not haveing an actkion
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Main Clause
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the clause that begins the sentence with the subject in it
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Main verb
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The verb that starts the predicate
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Metaphor
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Comparing two things without using like or as
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Modify
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to change
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Non esential element
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somthing that does not need to be known by the reader.
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Nouns
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Person place or thing
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Suffix
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Somthing that modifies a word at the end of it
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Syntax
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rules for the formation of sentences
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Tense
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Is it written now or in the past
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Thesis
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Normaly the first sentence in a paragraph that tell what the paragraph will be about.
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tone
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How did u write this Happy Sad? MAD?!
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Topic
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What are you writing about
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Transitive verb
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A verb that gives action to a noun
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Verbals
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Participial GerunD
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Editing
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Editing the paragraph or sentences
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Figurative launguage
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Compares or describes somthing
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Function word
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Clarifies the roles and relations between other words in sentence
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Gerund
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Noun derived from a verb fuctioning as noun
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration high and obvious exaggeration
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Infinitive
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Verb that functions as a noun
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Intransitive verb
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A verb that does no action to any noun in the sentence!
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