Grammar

Question 1

words spelled the same but have different meanings

Answer 1

homograph

Question 2

words pronounced the same but that have different meanings

Answer 2

homophone

Question 3

a pattern or other device to help remember something

Answer 3

mnemonic

Question 4

word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb

Answer 4

adverb

Question 5

words that refer to nouns

Answer 5

article

Question 6

sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object

Answer 6

complement

Question 7

a connecting word

Answer 7

conjunction

Question 8

a group of words that includes a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Answer 8

dependent clause

Question 9

a group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence

Answer 9

independent clause

Question 10

the person or thing to whom or which something is done

Answer 10

indirect object

Question 11

words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotion

Answer 11

interjection

Question 12

a word or group of words that provides description for another word

Answer 12

modifier

Question 13

a word or group of words that receives the action of a verb

Answer 13

object

Question 14

the part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like

Answer 14

predicate

Question 15

a word that describes relationships between other words

Answer 15

prepostion

Question 16

a word that takes the place of a noun

Answer 16

pronoun

Question 17

a verb for an item that has been completed

Answer 17

perfective

Question 18

a verb that shows something is currently happening

Answer 18

progressive

Question 19

an informal word or phrase

Answer 19

colloquialism

Question 20

a relaxed, unofficial style

Answer 20

informal

Question 21

a style that follows conventional rules

Answer 21

formal

Question 22

a narrative mode that addresses the reader as you

Answer 22

second person

Question 23

visually diagramming ideas around a central concept

Answer 23

mind mapping

Question 24

a narrative device that mimics interior monologue

Answer 24

stream of consciousness

Question 25

what are the three steps of the writing process

Answer 25

prewriting, writing, revision

Question 26

a short paragraph that highlights a key point

Answer 26

emphasis paragraph

Question 27

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

Answer 27

supporting detail

Question 28

words with identical or similar meaning

Answer 28

synonyms

Question 29

the implied attitude toward the topic

Answer 29

tone

Question 30

letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to change its meaning

Answer 30

affix

Question 31

determining the origin of a word

Answer 31

derivation

Question 32

details of how a word is expressed to modify its tone or meaning

Answer 32

infelction

Question 33

the smallest meaningful unit in grammar

Answer 33

morpheme

Question 34

an affix that appears at the beginning of a word

Answer 34

prefix

Question 35

a word to which an affix can be attached

Answer 35

root

Question 36

an affix that appears at the end of a word

Answer 36

suffix