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join words, phrases, or clauses
What is conjunctions
100
means that similar parts in a sentence have the same structure.
What is parallelism
100
a group of words that is missing one or more parts of a complete sentence
What is fragment
100
names a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun
100
usually begins with a short summary of a piece of writing, conversation, or a situation.
What is a report
200
takes a strong and definite position
What is argument
200
refers back to the main point and makes an observation based on what you have written.
What is a concluding sentence
200
show, explain, or prove the main point.
What is support
200
condensed, or shortened , version of something.
What is a summary
200
breaks down the point or parts of something and considers how they work together.
What is an analysis.
300
pulls together information from additional sources or experiences to make a new point.
What is synthesis
300
what the writer wants to get across to the reader.
What is the main points
300
always appear in pairs.
What is Quotation marks.
300
formed by joining two words and leaving out one or more letters
What is contraction.
300
punctuation marks that help readers understand a sentence.
What is commas.
400
when two nouns are joined, with a hyphen (in-law), space (life vest), or no space (keyboard)
What is a compound noun.
400
a word that connects a noun, pronoun, or verb with information about it.
What is a preposition
400
replaces nouns in a sentence so you don't have to repeat them.
What is a pronoun.
400
writing used to join two sentences with related ideas so writing is not choppy.
What is coordination
400
words or word groups that descried other words in a sentence.
What is modifiers
500
describe or modify nouns and pronouns
What is Adjectives
500
used for actions that have already happened.
What is past tense
500
has a subject and a verb, but does not express a complete thought.
What is dependent clause
500
starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. (ex. I took my bag of books and threw it across the room.)
What is prepositional phrase.
500
a group of words with a subject and a verb that express a complete thought.
What is independent clause.