| Term | Definition |
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| Commas | Use commas to set off expressions that interrupt: appositives and appositive phrases, words used in direct addresses, and parenthetical expressions to set off nonessential clauses and nonessential participial phrases. to separate items in a series before or after a dependent yes, no, or any mild exclamation such as well or why at the beginning of a sentence before... and, but, for, nor, so, or, yet when joined independent clause in a compound sentence |
| Appositive | a word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun |
| Semicolon | a punctuation mark used to primarily join independent clauses that are closely related in meaning |
| Sentence Fragment | a sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought |
| Dashes | to indicate a sudden break, to set off important parenthetical material, to set off an introductary series, indicate interrupted speech, for emphasis |
| Conjunctive Adverbs | also; besides; for example; however; in addition; instead; meanwhile; then; consequently; moreover; accordingly; furthermore; nevertheless; otherwise; yet; hence; therefore |
| Quotation Marks | narrow results by searching for phrases instead of individual words |
| Independent Clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
| Adjective Phrases | function as adjectives and descrebe which one and what kind about a noun or a pronoun |
| Measurement | the process of using dimensions quantity or capacity by comparison with a standard order to mark off, apportion, layout, o establish dimension |
| Equal Comparisons | as much _noun__ as, as _adjective__ as, |
| Conjunctions | fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so), Either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also, who,whom, whose, which, that, since, while, athough, ect... |
| Noun phrases | consist of nouns and their modifiers. |
| Parts of Speech | noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, interjection, conjunction, preposition |
| Pronoun | takes the place of a noun |
| Linking verbs | a verb that links the subject to an adjective or more info about the subject |
| Intransitive verbs | Verbs that do not take a direct object |
| Auxiliary verbs | verbs that combine with other verbs to form a verb phrase |
| Capitalization Rules | Capitalize content words in TITLES of movies, books, etc. |
| Parallelism | phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other |
| Negation | (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false |
| Word Usage | how the word is used |
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