Elelments of language Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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Used before a list of items, especially after expression
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Colons
2
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Used between parts of a compound sentences if they are not joined by and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet
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Semicolons
3
Q
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective
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Adverb
4
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Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence
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Preposition
5
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Always has at least one noun or pronoun as an object
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Preposition phrase
6
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A word that expresses emotion
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Interjection
7
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Joins word or a group of words
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Conjunction
8
Q
Has one independent clause and no subordinate clauses
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Simple sentence
9
Q
Words are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
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Figurative language
10
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A word formed as a word and used as an adjective or a noun
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Participles
