| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Declarative | A statement |
| Exclamatory | A sentence that shows suprise or emotion. |
| Imperative | A command |
| Interrogative | A question |
| Fragment | An incomplete sentence |
| Simple subject | The main noun or pronoun in the sentence |
| Simple predicate | The main verb in the sentence |
| Complete subject | The main noun or pronoun and any words that modify it in the sentence |
| Complete predicate | The main verb and any words that modify it in the sentence. |
| Compound subject | More than one subject joined by a conjunction |
| Compound predicate | More than one predicate joined by a conjunction |
| Compound sentence | More than one independent clause joined by a comma and a conjunction or a semicolon. |
| The semicolon | A punctuation mark used to combine sentences or to make lists requiring description |
| Abstract nouns | Nouns that are ideas and cannot be experienced with the senses |
| Concrete nouns | People, places, or things that can be experienced by the senses |
| Common nouns | A person, place, or thing that is not specific |
| Proper nouns | A particular person, place, or thing |
| Compound nouns | Nouns that are joined together to form a new concept |
| Possessive Nouns | Nouns that show ownership |
| Appositives | Phrases, usually separated by commas, that describe a noun or pronoun that precede them |
| Transitive Verbs | Verbs that take a direct object |
| Intransitive Verbs | Verbs that do not take a direct object |
| Direct Object | The noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb |
| Indirect object | The noun or pronoun receiving the direct object |
| First person pronouns | I, Me, We, Us, My Mine, Our, Ours |
| Second person pronouns | You, Your, Yours |
| Third person pronouns | He, She, It, They, Him, Her, His, Hers, Its, Their |
| Reflexive pronouns | Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself, etc. |
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