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complete subject: Includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about
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complex sentence: a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
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compound sentence: a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions
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coordinating conjunction: used to join two items/ clauses of equal importance.
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correlative conjunction: pairs of words that connect words, phrases or clauses. Examples: both...and, either....or, not only...but also.
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declarative sentence: a sentence that makes a statement or declaration
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direct object: answers the question what?
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exclamatory sentence: a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
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Idenify four coordinating conjunctions: (1) both...and (2) either...or (3) not(only)...but (also) neither...nor
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Identify the seven coordinating conjunctions: (1) and (2)or (3) for(4) nor(5) so (6) but (7) yet
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imperative sentence: A sentence that gives a command
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indirect object: answers the question to whom or for whom
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interrogative sentence: A sentence that asks a question
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Name the four types of sentences: delcarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative
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plural possessive noun: shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents
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possessive noun: noun that shows ownership or relationship
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predicate: tells something about the subject. ( only one or two main words)
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preposition phrase: a group of words that can be omitted from a sentence and have the sentence still make sense.
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simple sentence: a statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause
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simple subject: the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about
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singular possessive noun: shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house
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subject: who or what does the verb.
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subject pronoun: used as the subject or as part of the subject of a sentence [I, you, he, she, it, we, they]