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names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell
ex: fire, garlic, cotton, horses, Liberty Bell |
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names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic
ex: self-confidence, strength, charm, ability, Zen
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names a group
ex: audience, bunch, family, flock, group, herd, pack, set, staff, swarm |
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consists of two or more words that together name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
ex: sidewalk, attorney general, daughter-in-law |
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refers to the one speaking (first person), the one spoken to (second person), or the one spoken about (third person)
ex: I, me, my we, us, our, you, your, he, him, she, her, it, them, their
(I hope that YOU can help ME; HE said that THEY would meet US) |
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refers to the subject of a sentence and function as a complement or as an object of a preposition
ex: myself, ourself, yourself, himself, herself
(Sarah wrote a note to HERSELF) |
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emphasizes its antecedent
ex: myself, yourself, himself, herself
(Lola HERSELF organized the convention) |
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introduces a question
ex: what, which, who, whom, whose
(WHAT is the answer; WHOSE is this) |
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introduces an adjective clause
ex: that, which, who, whom, whose
(the house THAT you saw is a historical landmark; she is the woman WHO is running for mayor) |
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refers to a person, a place, a thing, or an idea that may or may be specifically named
ex: all, another, anyone, most, much, nobody, one, nothing, several, some, something, such |
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has an object--a word that tells who or what receives the action
ex: everyone at school CHEERED the football team |
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does not have an object
ex: the gorilla SMILED at its baby |
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| Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |
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shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, to another word
ex: about, across, as, at, below, by, down, for, inside, into, on, out, since, to, under, unto, with |
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a verb form that can be used as an adjective
ex: Donna sees the SINGING canary; we could hear it MOVING in the bush; the BAKED chicken tasted good; define each GIVEN term |
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a verb form ending ing -ing that is used as a noun
ex: SWIMMING is fun; my hobby is KNITTING; in COOKING, we made cookies
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a verb that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. most infinitives begin with TO.
ex: TO FLY was an ambition; he was about TO SINK; he doesn't know how TO HUNT |
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| Steps In The Writing Process |
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- prewriting: select a specific topic, gather detail, organize
- writing: write first draft; get everything on paper
- revising: fix or correct ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency
- editing: fix or correct spelling, grammatical, and punctuational errors
- publishing: send your work to a teacher, magazine, website, etc... |
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used to state a fact or ask a question
ex: sometimes I'd YELL questions at the rocks and trees, and across gorges, or YODEL |
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used to give a command
ex: whatever you do, don't fly our kite during a storm |
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no longer commonly used
ex: if I WERE finished with my report...; Mrs. Young acted as if she WERE sixteen again; no more then 6 million quad BE USED to explore the planet |
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