Grammar Rules Flashcards
What is an INDIRECT object?
The “for whom/to whom?” Of a sentence
The INDIRECT object is the recipient of the DIRECT object.
What is a DIRECT object?
The “what?” Of the sentence
Ex. He ate the chicken
CHICKEN is the direct object
What is an IMPERATIVE sentence?
Advice, instructions
What is an EXCLAMATORY sentence?
Strong feelings!!!
What is a DECLARATIVE sentence
States idea, no request/demand
(THAT or WHICH)
If you can drop the clause and not lose the meaning of the sentence
Goes inside commas
Which
(THAT OR WHICH)
If you cannot drop the clause and still maintain the point of the sentence
Not inside commas
That
(THAT or WHO)
Person
That or Who
(WHO or THAT)
Anonymous animals
That
(WHO or THAT)
Named animal
Who
(WHO or THAT)
Things
That
(FEWER or LESS)
Fewer
Can be counted
(FEWER or LESS)
Less
Can’t be counted
Tone
- attitude of author
- conveyed through diction (word choice), syntax (grammar/punctuation), details (descriptions, settings)
- inferred w/descriptive words
Mood
Climate/FEELING of literary work
- how reader feels when reading
- word choice to incite specific emotion
