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A word naming a person, place, thing, or idea
a noun
A word used in place of a noun
Pronoun
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun
an adjective
A word expressing action or state of being
Verb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Adverb
Introduces a noun or pronoun to show its relationship to another word
Preposition
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses
a conjunction
A word showing strong feeling or emotion
Interjection
A noun naming any person, place, thing, or idea
Common Noun
Names a specific person, place, or thing
proper noun
A noun that can be perceived through the senses
Concrete noun
A noun naming an idea, quality, or feeling
abstract noun
A verb that requires a direct object
transitive verb
A verb that does not need a direct object
Intransitive verb
Contains two or more independent clauses
compound sentence
Contains one independent clause
simple sentence
A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence
an independent clause
A group of words without a subject-verb combination
A Phrase
Contains at least two independent and one dependent clause
A compound-complex Sentence
Group of related sentences about one main idea
a paragraph
A verbal ending in -ing that functions as a noun
a gerund
Begins with a preposition and ends with its object
a prepositional phase
States the main idea of a paragraph
the topic sentence
A verb form functioning as an adjective
a participle
The year TRIS was founded
2003