English- Conventions of standard english
Conjuction
connecting word
Quotation marks
denotes spoken or other quoted text
Question mark
end mark that ends a question
Period
end mark that ends a sentence
Exclamation mark
endmark that denotes a strong feeling
Dependent clause
group of words that includes a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
Independent clause
group of words that includes subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence
Phrase
group of words that work together as a unit
Verb
word that describes an action or state of being
Preposition
word that describes relationships between other words
Pronoun
word that takes the place of a noun
Interjection
words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotions
Homophone
words pronounced the same but have different meanings
Homograph
words spelled the same but have different meanings
Article
words (a and an) that refer to nouns
Subject
main noun of a sentence that is doing or being
Plural
more than one
Predicate
part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like
Mnemonic
pattern or other device that helps to remember something
Indirect object
person or thing to whom or which something is done
Noun
person,place, thing or idea
End marks
punctuation ending a sentence
Apostrophe
punctuation mark denoting omission of letters and possessive
Colon (punctuation)
punctuation mark used in intro of a quote, list, ratio, or time
Comma
punctuation mark used to separate parts of sentences
Parentheses
punctuation marks that set off explanatory material within text
Complement
sentence part that gives more info about a subject or object
Object
word or group of words that receives the action of a verb
Modifier
word or groups of words that provide description for another word
Adjective
word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun
Adverb
word or phrase that describes or modifies and adjective,verb, or other adverb
