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| part of speech used to indicate nouns and specify their applications (a, an, the) |
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| person, place, thing, or idea |
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| modifies verb, adjective, or another adverb |
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| combines with noun or pronoun to form phrase |
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| joins two words or phrases together |
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| tells whom or what the sentence is about |
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| tells something about the subject |
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| noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what recieves action of verb |
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| noun, pronoun, or word group that tells to whom the of verb is done |
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| Predicate Noun Complement |
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| word or word group in predicate that identifies or refers to subject |
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| Predicate Adjective Complement |
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| adjective in predicate that describes subject |
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| includes a presposition, the object of the preposition, and modifiers of the object |
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| noun, noun phrase, or noun clause that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun |
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| verb that comes after another verb |
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| does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence |
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| expresses a complete thought and can stand on its own |
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| has only one independent clause |
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| combines two or more independent clauses |
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| one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses |
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| Compound-Complex Sentence |
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| has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses |
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| makes a statement and ends with a period |
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| gives a command or makes a request. Most end in periods while strong commands end in exclamation points |
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| shows excitement or has strong feeling, ends with an exclamation point |
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| asks a question and ends in a question mark |
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| asks a question that is not meant to be answered |
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