Parts of Speech and Grammar
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Subject | The noun, pronoun, or main phrase that precedes/governs the main verb. |
| Predicate | The verb that expresses the action being performed by the subject; what the noun in the sentence modifies. |
| Noun | A word that can function as the subject of a sentence. Refers to people, places, things, states, or qualities. |
| Verb | A word that expresses action, state, or a relation between two things. Function as the main elements of sentences. |
| Adjective | Modifies a noun; a describing word. |
| Adverb | Modifies a verb or an adjective. |
| Pronoun | Replaces a noun or a noun phrase with a very general reference. |
| Preposition | Links a noun, pronoun, or gerund to other words (direction, time, place, etc.) |
| Article | A word that is linked to a noun and identifies it as such. |
| Conjunction | Connects words, phrases, clauses, and sentences (FANBOYS). |
| Appositive | Follows a noun to add more detail. |
| Restrictive appositive | An appositive that cannot be omitted from a sentence without affecting the meaning. |
| Nonrestrictive appositive | An appositive that is not essential for the sentence to make sense. |
| Prepositional phrase | A phrase consisting of a preposition, its object (usually a noun or a pronoun), and any modifiers of the object. |
| Compound subject | Consists of two or more subjects joined by a conjunction and having the same verb. |
| Use of a semicolon | Used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma. |
| Expletive | A swear word OR a word considered as regularly filling the syntactic position of another. |
| Infinitive | The most basic form of a verb; does not specify the subject. |
| Infinitive phrase | A clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form. |
| Participle | An adjective that refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. The past form ends in "-ed" and the present form ends in "-ing." |
| Diction | The style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words. |
| Tone | A particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood. |
| Intensifier | A word (especially an adverb) that indicates and usually increases the degree of emphasis or force to be given to the element it modifies. |
| Parallel structure | Using three or more alike elements, separated with commas, in a sentence. |
| Conjunctive adverb | An adverb that indicates the relationship in meaning between two independent clauses. |
| Introductory clause | A dependent clause that introduces an independent clause. |
| Subordination | Words, phrases, or clauses that make one element of a sentence dependent on another. |
| Compound predicate | Tells two or more things about the same subject without repeating the subject. |
| Dependent clause | A group of words with a subject and a verb, but one that cannot stand alone as a sentence. |
| Independent clause | A group of words consisting of a subject and a predicate that can stand alone. |
| Gerund | The "-ing" form of a verb when functioning as a noun. |
| Antecedent | A word, phrase, or clause that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later in the same (or a subsequent) sentence. |
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