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...: The following lines by Winston Churchill, "We shall not flag or fail. We sha
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absolute phrase: A sentence modifier. It is usually a noun phrase that is itself modified by a participal or prepositional phrase.
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adjective clause: A subordinate clause that functions as an adjective, modifying either a noun or pronoun. For example, "The students who prepared for the exam earned the highest score."
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agreement: This refers to having the same number, gender, and/or case. It refers to subjects agreeing with the verbs ("I am" as opposed to "I are") or pronouns agreeing with their antecedents ("She is " rather than "Her is").
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antecedent: The noun that a pronoun replaces. Pronouns must agree with it in number, gender, and case. For example, in the sentence "Sally and her sisters are getting married tomorrow, and they are all very excited," the word "they" takes the place of "Sally and her sisters"
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appositive: A word or group of words that equals or extends the noun or pronoun that precedes it. For example, in the sentence "Shakespeare, the greatest Renaissance author, is credited with writing 37 plays," it is set off by commas because the information is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
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Connotation: The difference between referring to your elected official as a "statesman" rather than a "politician" provides an illustration of what?
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Synesis: "The crowd rose to their feet" is an example of what?