Class Vocab
Discard means
What is to throw away?
The root that means 10
What is Deca?
Apostrophes show this
What is possession?
I want to go to the party, but I have too much homework
What type of sentence is this?
What is compound sentence?
A word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to another word or phrase in the same language
What is an antonym?
Melancholy means
What is sadness?
Root that means all
What is omni?
A word that looks like a verb, but acts as a noun. It usually ends in -ing
What is a Gerund?
I baked cookies for my friends.
What is the indirect object?What is my friends?
What is an affix?
Perpetual
What is repeating/never-ending
The root that means time
What is chron?
This connects a sentence's subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective that describes or identifies it, rather than showing action. Examples: are, am, is, were, etc..
What is a linking verb?
My brother, who lives in New York, is a chef.
The italicized portion is what kind of clause?
What is a nonrestrictive clause?
DAILY DOUBLE 2X
What does implicit mean? What does explicit mean?
Implicit is something that's understood without being said directly
Explicit is when something is said or shown very clearly, leaving no doubt.
What is division?
The root that means the study of
What is ology?
If you are ill, you ought to see a doctor.
What type of clause is the italicized clause
What is an introductory clause?
What type of sentence is this?
Although I like camping, I haven't had time, so I haven't gone lately.
What is compound-complex?
The central, arguable thesis statement in an essay or debate that asserts a specific position, opinion, or conclusion
What is a claim?
Ubiquitous
What is widespread?
The root that means between
What is inter?
This punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause, typically between two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
the idea that when two or more words, phrases, or clauses are linked, they should share the same structure.
What is parallelism?
To deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
What is an inference?