QE Review Flashcards
Parallelism
placement of EQUAL ideas in words, phrases, or clauses of similar types.
Faulty parallelism
UNEQUAL grammatical structures to express RELATED ideas
Faulty coordination
2 or more INDEPENDENT and UNEQUAL clauses are connected by “AND”
Direct object
word or phrase that receives the action of the verb
Compound conjunction
a phrase used to connect two words or phrases together within a sentence.
Coordinating conjunction
FANBOYS
Subordinating conjunction
Connects dependent clause to independent clause
Modifiers
words, phrases, and clauses that affect and often ENHANCE THE MEANING of a sentence
Compound subject
2 individual nouns combined with “and” or “or”
Appositive phrase
Phrase that identifies or explains the noun next to it
Gerund
A noun form of a verb ENDING IN -ING
Preposition
Shows relation to noun
Noun clause
A clause (with a subject and verb) acting as a noun
Stringy sentences
Repetitive use of “and”
Correcting faulty parallelism
Rewrite so ideas are expressed in the same grammatical structure
Adverb clause
Clause functioning as an adverb
Infinitive phrase
Infinitive form (VERB BEGINNING WITH TO)
Correcting faulty coordination
Putting unrelated ideas into separate sentences or less important ideas into subordinate clause or phrase
