Adjectives, Adverbs and Other Parts of Speech
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Chapter 9 Sections 1-7 May 22, 2012 Adjectives and Adverbs Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs Adjective or Adverb? Double Negatives Misplaced Modifiers Preps and Prep Phrases Conjunctions and Interjections (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adjective | modifies a noun or pronoun |
| What questions should an adjective be able to answer? | what kind ,which one, how many, how much |
| what word dose an adjective come after | the word it modifies |
| articles | A, an, the |
| adverb | modifies a verb adjective or another adverb |
| What questions should an adverb answer? | when ,what, how, to what extent |
| degrees of comparison | when you use may form of adjectives and adverbs to compare 1 or more things |
| positive degree | when you are describing on thing |
| comparative degree | when you are comparing 2 things |
| superlative degree | when you compare 3 or more things |
| irregular degrees of comparison | when the adjective or adverb form their degrees of comparison incorrectly |
| one syllable modifier | add er or est to form a positive degree |
| two syllable modifier | er est more or most to form a comparative degree |
| three or more syllable modifier | more or most to form a superlative degree |
| predicate adjectives | follow a linking verb and describe a subject |
| double negative | the incorrect use of two or more negative words |
| modifier | a word phrase or clause that makes the meaning or the words more exact |
| misplaced modifier | a modifier used incorrectly |
| preposition | is a word that shows direction or location |
| prepositional phrase | is a group of words that begins with a prep and ends in a noun or pronoun |
| object of a preposition | the noun or pronoun that ends a preposition phrase |
| what is a prepositional phrase used as? | an adjective or adverb (used to modify a word on a sentence) |
| adverb phrase | a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb |
| adjective phrase | a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| conjunction | a word that joins a another group of words |
| coordinating conjunctions | for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (fanboys) |
| correlative conjunction | joins words or word groups that are used in the same way |
| interjection | word to express emotion |
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