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6th Grade Weekly Quiz Review
Terms and Definitions for Weekly Quizzes
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English
6th Grade
09/25/2014

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SUBJECT
Definition
a noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about
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VERB
Definition
the word that shows the action or existence of the subject in a sentence
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DIRECT OBJECT
Definition
a noun or pronoun that tells who or what after the action verb
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LINKING VERB
Definition
a verb that links a word in the predicate part of the sentence back to the subject
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ACTION VERB
Definition
a verb that shows the action of the subject
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PREPOSITION
Definition
a word that shows a relationship between its object and the rest of the sentence
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ADJECTIVE PHRASE
Definition
a prepositional phrase that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
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ADVERB PHRASE
Definition
a prepositional phrase that describes or modifies a verb
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EVIDENCE
Definition
information that shows, proves, or gives reason for making a judgment
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APPOSITIVE
Definition
a noun that follows another noun, renaming that noun, set off by commas
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ADVERB CLAUSE
Definition
a dependent clause starting with a subordinate conjunction and modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb in the independent clause
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SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION
Definition
a word that begins an adverb clause
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ADJECTIVE
Definition
a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
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TOPIC SENTENCE
Definition
a sentence, usually at the beginning of a paragraph, that states or suggests the main idea (or topic) of a paragraph
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THESIS STATEMENT
Definition
a statement that focuses the reader on the purpose of an essay
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HOOK
Definition
the first sentence(s) of your essay which serves to grab a reader's attention
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INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH
Definition
the first paragraph of an essay; it introduces the main idea of the essay and captures the interest of the reader
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BODY PARAGRAPH
Definition
a paragraph that explains and develops the main idea of the essay
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CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
Definition
the last paragraph of an essay; it reconnects to the hook and leaves the reader with a final thought on the topic of the essay
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ADJECTIVE
Definition
a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
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PARTICIPLE
Definition
a verb form ending in -ed or -ing that is used as an adjective
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INFINITIVE
Definition
"to" plus a verb, used as an adverb, adjective, or noun
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GERUND
Definition
a verb form ending in -ing, used as a noun
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ADVERB
Definition
a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
Definition
a dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun and modifies the noun or pronoun it follows
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RELATIVE PRONOUN
Definition
a word that begins an adjective clause
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COMPOUND SENTENCE
Definition
two sentences correctly joined together
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SEMICOLON
Definition
the punctuation mark that can join two complete sentences together to form a compound sentence without a conjunction
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COORDINATE CONJUNCTION
Definition
a conjunction (and, but, or, for, so, nor, yet) that, with a comma, can create a compound sentence
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CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB
Definition
the only kind of conjunction that may be used with a semicolon when joining two sentences together
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