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Verb

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A word that describes an action or a state of being

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Transition Words

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Words that link or introduce ideas

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Transition

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Words or sentences that lead from one idea to another

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Topic Sentence

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The sentence that summarizes the main idea of a text or paragraph

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Tone

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An author’s implied or explicit attitude toward a topic

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Tense

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Refers to when an action occurs; past, present or future

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Synonyms

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Words with identical or similar meanings

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Supporting Details

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Information that supports the main idea by answering who, what, where, when or why

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Suffix

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An affix that appears at the end of a word

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Subject Verb Agreement

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Matching like numbers and verbs; singular with singular, plural with plural

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Subject

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The main noun of a sentence that is doing or being

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Stream-of-consciousness Writing

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A narrative that mimics interior monologue

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Slang

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Informal language usually tied to a specific group of people

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Simple Sentences

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Sentence that contains only one idea or independent clause and uses only an end mark

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Semicolon

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Punctuation mark used between two independent clauses that are not bridged with a connecting word

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Second Person

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A narrative mode that addresses the reader as ‘you’

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Run On Sentence

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A sentence with extra parts that are not joined properly by the correct conjugation or punctuation

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Root

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A word part to which an affix can be attached

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Register

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Degree of formality in a text

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Quotation Mark

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Punctuation marks that denote spoken or other quoted text

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Question Mark

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End mark that denotes a query

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Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement

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Matching like numbers of pronouns and their antecedents; singular with singular, plural with plural

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Pronoun

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A word that takes the place of a noun

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Progressive

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A verb tense indicating that the action described is currently happening

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Preposition
A word that describes relationships between other words
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Prefix
An affix that appears at the beginning of a word
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Predicate
The part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like
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Plural
More than one term
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Phrase
A group of words that work together as a unit
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Period
End mark that denotes the end of a standard sentence
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Perfective
A verb tense indicating that the action described has been completed
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Object/ Direct Object
A word or group of words that receives the action of a verb
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Oxford Comma
The comma before the 'and' in a simple series of items; also known as a serial comma
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Noun
A person, place ,thing or idea
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Morpheme
The smallest meaningful unit in grammar
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Mood
How the elements in a text, such as word choice, make the reader feel
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Modifier
A word or group of words that provides description for another word
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Mind Mapping
Visually diagramming ideas around a central concept
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Interjection
A word or phrase that represents a short burst of emotion
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Informal
A style that is relaxed and unofficial
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Inflection
How a word is spoken to modify its tone or meaning
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Indirect Object
The person or thing to whom or which something is done
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Independent Clause
A group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought
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Homophones
Words that sound the same, such as 'new' and 'knew' but have different meanings
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Homographs
Words that are spelled the same, such as bass (a fish) and bass (a musical instrument) but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently
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Fragmented
An incomplete sentences
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Formal
A style that follows conventional rules
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Exclamation Marks
End mark that denotes strong feeling
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End Marks
Punctuation marks that end sentences; period, question mark and exclamation mark
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Draft
An unfinished version of a text
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Diction
The style of writing determined by word choice
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Derivation
Determining the origin of a word
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Dependent Clause
Surrounding words or ideas within a sentence or passage that affect the meaning of a word and influence how it is
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Conjunction
A connecting word
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Compound Sentence
Sentence that contains at least two independent clauses
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Complex Sentences
Sentences that contains an independent clauses and a dependent clause
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Compement
Sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object
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Comma
Punctuation mark used to separate parts of sentences
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Colon
Punctuation mark used to introduce a quote or list and in ratios and expressions of time
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Colloquilism
An informal word or phrase
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Citation
A strictly formatted line of text that provides a source reference
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Brainstorming
Discussion as a group to create an idea or solve a problem
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Article
Words (a,an or the) that refers to a noun
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Apostrophe
Punctuation mark that denotes possessive case or omission of letters
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Affix
Letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to modify its meaning
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Adverb
Word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb or other adverb
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Adjective
Word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun

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