Parts of Speech Contd.
FANBOYS: They connect things
Conjunctions
An expression someone who doesn't natively speak English would understand
Idiom
Clauses must have these two things
Subject and Predicate
"around the corner" is an example of what phrase?
Prepositional Phrase
A sentence where the subject/doer does the action
Active Voice
Give context
For example: about, above, across, etc
Preposition
Back to back same sounds
Alliteration
Independent
The noun and all its qualifiers
Noun Phrase
A sentence where the subject takes a backseat
Passive Voice
Sudden outburst
Interjection
Words that sound like their definition. Buzz, smack, smash, etc
Onomatopoeia
Clause that can't stand on its own
Dependent
Verb Phrase
There, their, or they're:
They are
They're
2 answers: Pronouns fall into two categories
Subject and Object
Short contradiction
Oxymoron
Two independent clauses combined into one sentence
Compound sentence
Phrase that renames nouns
Appositive
There, their, or they're:
Location
There
A, an, the
Articles
Long contradiction
Paradox
Sentence with one dependent and one independent clause
Complex sentence
Phrases that have ING word
Gerund Phrase
There, their, or they're:
Posession
Their