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| the part of speech that expresses action |
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| words that describe something |
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| a word that modifies a verb, adjective, anther adverb, a phrase or a clause |
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| used to replace a noun (ex: he, she, they, none and which) |
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| a set of words that contains a subject and a predicate |
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| an incomplete sentence used as a complete sentence.. an incomplete thought |
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| a sentence where 2 clauses are improperly combined into a sentence |
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| typically the first noun in a sentence and is what the rest of the sentence is about |
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| part of a sentence that completes or adds meaning to the predicate |
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| group of words that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence |
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| subordinate (dependent) clause |
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| a part of a sentence that contains a subject and a verb but does not form a complete thought and cannot stand on its own |
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| one of the 2 major parts of a sentence (subject and predicate); the part that is not the subject |
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| mortgage, reasonably, magazine, analysis, dominant, February, calender, embarrass, discipline, conceivable, unnecessary, separate |
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| a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened. can be made up/fictional |
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| giving inanimate objects human-like qualities |
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| where a story takes place |
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the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses
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| the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers |
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| expressing ideas indirectly; language used in a special way to create a special effect made up of words |
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| a component part found in the whole works of literature |
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| the perspective from which the story is told |
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| a list of books, websites, magazines, ect. that you used to research and gain a knowledge of the subject |
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| a list of where any quotes from the writing piece came from |
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| the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word |
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| the way an author presents characters |
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| a comparison between 2 things that does not use like or as |
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| the events that make up a story |
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| a comparison using like or as |
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| the abstract concept explored in a literary work and/or frequently recurring ideas in a literary work |
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| when an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative |
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| the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity |
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| The main idea of an essay, report, speech, or research paper, often written as a single declarative sentence |
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| the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
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| a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word |
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