SAC 2 Flashcards
Fragment
No clauses (SS)
Simple
One clause; no conjunctions joining clauses. (SS)
Compound
Two or more clauses; only coordinating conjunctions joining clauses. (SS)
Compound-Complex
Three or more clauses; at least one coordinating conjunction and at least one subordinating conjunction joining clauses. (SS)
Complex
Two or more clauses; only subordinating or correlative conjunctions joining clauses. (SS)
DECLARATIVE (ST)
provide information, observations or statements.
IMPERATIVES (ST)
give a direct order or instruction.
INTERROGATIVES (ST)
used when framing questions. They are designed to elicit responses and always end in a question mark.
EXCLAMATIVES (ST)
to make exclamations.
Phrase
A collection of words that have a grammatical relationship with each other.
Phrases can’t exist as a complete grammatical sentence as they lack a subject and a predicate.
Clause
A clause minimally consists of a subject and a verb - that is, a noun phrase and a verb phrase.
(Consists of subject and predicate)
Stress
Stress refers to the degree of strength to produce a syllable.
Pitch
Pitch refers to the ’height’ of a sound in auditory terms, from low to high.
Intonation
Intonation is the pattern or pitch changes in speech. In other words, the patterns made by rising or falling pitch.
Tempo
Tempo (or pace) pertains to the speed at which we speak.
Volume
Volume is the loudness of speech.
FREE MORPHEMES
are stand alone, they are words within their own right. An example is banana, we understand it as a whole unit.
BOUND MORPHEMES:
they cannot stand independently, they must be attached to a free morpheme. In the word independently depend exist on their own but in-, -ent and -ly cannot. They are used as prefixes or suffixes.
Active Sentence
active voice indicates the subject is performing the action,
Passive Sentence
passive voice indicates the subject is receiving the action
Coordinating Conjunctions
FANBOYS
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
