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English Language
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Subject-verb agreement means the subject and verb must agree in number.
A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another part of the sentence.
Appositives are nouns or noun phrases that rename or identify other nouns.
Tone refers to the writer's attitude toward the subject, audience and self.
Diction refers to the writer's choice of words for clear and effective communication.
Coherence is the logical connection of ideas at the sentence, paragraph and essay level.
Coordinating conjunctions are words that connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance.
Grammar refers to the system of rules that govern the conventional arrangement and relationship of words in a sentence.
Syntax is the study of rules that govern the way words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.
Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words and how they are formed.
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds and their production, transmission and perception.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language.
Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning.
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words in a sentence.
A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses together.
An interjection is a word or phrase used to express emotion or feeling.
The subject is the noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that performs the action indicated by the verb.
The predicate expresses the action or state of being about the subject.
An object is a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that is affected by the action of the verb.
A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.
A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject and verb.
A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning.
A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word to modify its meaning.
Active voice is when the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb.
Passive voice is when the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb.
A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.
A split infinitive occurs when an adverb comes between 'to' and the verb in an infinitive phrase.
A run-on sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunction.
A fragment is an incomplete sentence that lacks a subject, verb, or both.
Parallel structure refers to using the same grammatical form for similar ideas in a sentence.
A gerund is a verb form ending in '-ing' that functions as a noun.
An infinitive is the base form of a verb preceded by 'to'.
A participle is a verb form that functions as an adjective.
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.
An antecedent is the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.
A relative pronoun introduces an adjective clause and relates it to the noun it modifies.
An article is a word (a, an, the) that modifies a noun.
The subjunctive mood refers to verb forms used to express wishes, suggestions, or uncertainties.
A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and its object.
Subordinating conjunctions connect dependent clauses to independent clauses.