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Language Arts Terms
Quarter Exam
13
Language - English
11th Grade
10/04/2010

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John Locke
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British Philosopher born in 1632 most famous for Tabula Rasa
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Thomas Jefferson
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Third President of the United States and one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independance.
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Ben Franklin
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Signed the Declaration of Independance, published Poor Richard's Almanack, helped write the treaty of Paris, and signed the U.S. constitution.
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Natural Rights
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any right that exists by virtue or natural law
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Independent Clause
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has one subject and one verb.
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Dependent clause
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A phrase with a subject and verb that does not make sense by itseld
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Compound sentence
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has one or more independent clauses, at least 2 subjects and 2 verbs, joined by for, and, nor, or, yet, so
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Complex Sentence
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contains at least one independent and one dependent clause
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Compound Complex Sentence
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Has at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause
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If the words each, every, or no come before the subject
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the very is singular
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If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require
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a plure verb form
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If the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing
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the very is singular
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unit of measurement
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singular verb
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