| Term | Definition |
| reflexiive | reflects |
| demonstartive | demonstates |
| interrogative | interrogates |
| relative | relates |
| intensive | intensifies |
| indefinite | does not refer to a specific |
| 1st person | refers to the person speaking |
| 2nd person | the one spoken to |
| 3rd person | the one spoken about |
| verb | a word or group of words that express an action, a condition or the fact that something exsists |
| linking verb | connects a noun or pronoun to a word that indentifies or describes the noun or pronoun |
| helping verb | a verb that comes before the main verb or adds to its meaning |
| visible action verb | indicates the action of a person or thing |
| mental action verb | can not be seen or heard directly |
| direct object | a noun or a pronoun that receives the action of a transitive |
| indirect object | a noun or pronoun usually located between an action verb and a direct obect |
| main object | located in topic sentence |
| topic sentence | the sentence in the paragraph that expresses what the paragraph is about - contains main idea |
| supporting details | give more info about topic & helps reader understand more about main idea |