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37 Cards in this Set
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Conjunctions |
words that connects words, phrases, clauses, and sentences |
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Correlative Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions |
Types of Conjunctions |
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Correlative Conjunctions |
● connect words, phrases, and sentences; used in pairs ● either…or, neither…nor, both…and, not only…but also |
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Coordinating Conjunctions |
● connect words, phrases, and sentences ● for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, still ● FANBOYS acronym ● found in compound sentences ● at least two independent clauses |
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Subordinating Conjunctions |
● connect clauses (independent +dependent) ● found in complex sentences - Time (since, when, until, whenever) - Reason (because) - Concession (although, though, even though) - Condition (if, unless) - Place (where, wherever) - Purpose (so that) |
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Compound-complex Sentence |
● 2 or more Independent clauses + 1 or more dependent clause |
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"for" |
The word “___” can function either as a preposition or a coordinating conjunction in a sentence depending on the context. |
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If a dependent clause comes first, |
it shall be separated from the succeeding independent clause with a comma (,). |
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If an independent clause comes first |
no comma is used to separate the independent clause from the dependent clause. |
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Compound |
2 or more IC Coordinating C. |
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Complex |
1 IC + 1 or more DC Subordinating C. |
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Compound Complex |
2 or more IC + 1 or more DC Coordinating and Subordinating |
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INTERJECTIONS |
● An interjection is something that interrupts a sentence. ● It is something that also expresses youremotions like happiness, fear, anger, or pain. ● Some examples of interjections are:○ ouch, wow, uh oh, oh no, gosh, shhhh |
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PUNCTUATING INTERJECTIONS |
If an interjection is spoken with more emotion, it is followed by an exclamation point. The next word is then capitalized.
If an interjection is spoken calmly, simply put a comma after it and continue the sentence. |
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PRONOUNS |
(+COHESION & COHERENCE) |
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Pronoun |
● A noun replacement ● Used to avoid redundancy |
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Antecedent |
● Ante - before ● Comes before its pronoun ● A word that a pronoun refers to |
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Pronoun – Antecedent |
● A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, person, and gender. |
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Singular Plural |
Number |
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1st 2nd 3rd |
Person |
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1st |
(speaker, writer)- (I, We) |
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2nd |
(listener, reader) (You, Your) refers to the person spoken with/to |
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3rd |
(he, she, it, they) refers to the person spoken about |
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Masculine Feminine Common Neuter |
Gender |
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Masculine |
(male- he, his, him) |
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Feminine |
(female- she, her, hers) |
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Common |
(either a male or a female- they, their ) |
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Neuter |
(inanimate objects- it, its ) |
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Nominative Case Objective Case Possessive Case |
CASES OF PRONOUNS |
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Nominative Case |
● subject or subjective complement ● I, We, He, She, It, They, who |
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(comes before a verb) |
Nominative As a Subject |
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(after a LV) |
Nominative As a Subjective Complement |
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Objective Case |
● Direct Object, Indirect Object, Object of the Preposition ● me, us, him, her, it, them, whom |
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(after a Transitive Verb) |
Objective As a Direct Object |
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(between the TV and the DO) |
Objective As an Indirect Object |
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(after a prep) |
Objective As Object of the Preposition |
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Possessive Case |
● mine, ours, his, hers, its, theirs, whose |
