parts of a sentence | sentence patterns | punctuation | more parts of a sentence | nothing |
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Noun
Person, place, thing.
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pattern one: subject verb
a sentence with a subject and predicate that needs no extra words to complete it. verb follows subject
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Period
the type of punctuation that typically follows commands or statements.
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preposition
a word that links a noun to the rest of the sentence, it comes before said noun. ("before the sunrise")
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What isn/a
n/a
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verb
an action performed by the subject.
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pattern 2-subject verb action
"Clarissa asked a good question"
this sentence poses the question, "what did she ask?" followed by "a good question" |
question mark
a punctuation mark that inquires
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Interjection
a sometimes one word exclamatory that begins a sentence.
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na/What is
n/a
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adjective
a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
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pattern 3-subject linking verb
Subject comes before the linking verb-the professor was she.
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exclamation point
interjections and some commands typically use this type of excited punctuation.
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compound sentence
two complete sentences joined together by "and, but, or" or other punctuation not including a period.
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an/aWhat is
n/a
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adverb
a word that modifies a verb (she ran quickly)
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pattern 4-inverted order
the verb comes before the subject
"driving the company car is she." |
comma splice
results when 2 sentences or independent clauses are incorrectly joined or spliced.
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n/a
n/a
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What isuhjfbj
n/a
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pronoun
a word that acts as a placeholder for a proper noun. (he, she, it, they)
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n/a
n/a
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run on sentence
an incorrect sentence that joins two independent clauses without punctuation.
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What is n/a
n/a
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What isfwyufghbj
n/a
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