front 1 compound noun | back 1 is a noun that is made up of two or more words; are sometimes written with hyphens Ex: mother-in-law |
front 2 relative pronouns | back 2 include which, that, and who |
front 3 homophones | back 3 are words that sound alike (or similar), but they have different spellings and definitions Ex: to vs too vs two |
front 4 Affect | back 4 (v) to alter, to change, to influence (n) feeling, emotion, or mood that is displayed |
front 5 Effect | back 5 (v) to bring about, to cause to be (n) a result, a consequence |
front 6 homographs | back 6 are words that share the same spelling, and they have multiple meanings |
front 7 Declarative sentence | back 7 gives information or makes a statement Ex: I can fly a kite. |
front 8 imperative sentence | back 8 gives an order or command Ex: Bring me that note. |
front 9 Direct quote | back 9 Ex: Nancy said, "I am waiting for Henry to arrive" |
front 10 Indirect quote | back 10 Ex: Henry said that he is going to be late to the meeting |
front 11 Quote inside a Quote | back 11 The teacher asked, "Has everyone read 'The Gift of the Magi'?" |
front 12 common nouns | back 12 are generic names for people, places, and things; are not usually capitalized |
front 13 proper nouns | back 13 name specific people, places, or things; are all capitalized |
front 14 General nouns | back 14 are the names of conditions or ideas (ex: beauty strength, truth) |
front 15 Collective nouns | back 15 are the names for a group of people, places, or things that may act as a whole (ex: class, company, dozen, group, herd, public, team) are all treated as singular units |
front 16 intensive pronouns include: | back 16 I myself, you yourself, he himself, she herself, etc |
front 17 Relative pronouns include: | back 17 which, who, whom, whose |
front 18 Interrogative pronouns include: | back 18 what, which, who, whom, whose |
front 19 Demonstrative pronouns include: | back 19 this, that, these, those |
front 20 Indefinite pronouns include: | back 20 all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one, some, several |
front 21 Reciprocal pronouns include: | back 21 each other, one another |
front 22 transitive verb | back 22 is a a verb (drive, run, jump) whose action indicates a receiver (kangaroo, student) Ex: She plays the piano |
front 23 intransitive verb | back 23 do not indicate a receiver of an action (aka does not point to a subject or object) Ex: They slept |
front 24 Linking verb | back 24 connect the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun, or they connect a subject with an adjective include: appear, be, become, feel, grow, seem, smell, sound, and taste |
front 25 Active voice | back 25 when the subject of the sentence is doing the action ex: Jon drew the picture |
front 26 Passive voice | back 26 when the subject is acted upon ex: The picture is drawn by Jon |
front 27 Articles | back 27 are adjectives that are used to distinguish nouns as definite or indefinite |
front 28 Definite nouns | back 28 are preceded by the article the and indicate a specific person, place, thing, or idea ex: the bottle |
front 29 Indefinite nouns | back 29 are preceded by a or an and do not indicate a specific person, place, thing, or idea ex: a bottle |
front 30 the positive degree | back 30 is the normal form of an adjective/adverb ex: This work is dificult |
front 31 the comparative degree | back 31 compares one person or thing to another person or thing ex: This work is more difficult than your work; she is smarter than me |
front 32 the superlative degree | back 32 compares more than two people or things ex: this is the most difficult work of my life; She is the smartest lady in school |
front 33 adverb | back 33 is a word that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or adverb; a lot of them end with -ly |
front 34 conjunctions | back 34 join words, phrases, or clauses and they show the connection between the joined pieces |
front 35 coordination conjunctions | back 35 include: and, but, yet, or, nor, for, and so |
front 36 correlative conjunctions | back 36 include: either, or, neither, nor, not only, but also |
front 37 subordinating conjunctions | back 37 include: whenever, where, wherever, whether, while, before, because, unless, until, when, after, although, since, so that |
front 38 always singular pronouns | back 38 include: each, either, everybody, anybody, somebody, and nobody |
front 39 always plural pronouns | back 39 include: both, several, and many |
front 40 Participles | back 40 is a type of verbal that always functions as an adjective; always end in -ing ex: praised for their work; shipwrecked on an island |
front 41 Gerunds | back 41 type of verbal that always acts as a noun; ends w/ -ing ex: teaching this class |
front 42 infinitives | back 42 is a type of verbal that can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb: always functions as "to (verb)" |
front 43 Simple sentence structure | back 43 has one independent clause w/ no dependent clause |
front 44 Compound sentence structure | back 44 has two or more independent clauses |
front 45 Complex sentence structure | back 45 has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
front 46 Compound-Complex sentence structure | back 46 has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause |