glossary of terms
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- METAPHORS
- SUGGEST COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
- ADVERBS
- DESCRIBE VERBS, ADJECTIVES AND OTHER ADVERBS
- ADJECTIVES
- ARE MODIFIERS. THEY DESCRIBE NOUNS AND SPECIFY SIZE, COLOR, NUMBER,ECT.
- ALLITERATION
- CAN GIVE A PLEASING SOUND TO A SENTENCE, AS LONG AS ITS NOT OVERDONE (WORLD WIDE WEB, SMELLY, SLIMY SCSI, RESONATE REINGING
- CONJUNCTIONS
- JOIN WORDS, PHRASES OR CLAUSES. cOORDINATIONG CONJUNCTION: AND , BUT ,FOR
- CLAUSES
- A GROUP OF WORDS WITH A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE. a MAIN CLAUSE STANDS ALONE AS A SENTENCE, A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE IS INCOMPLETE AND IS USED WITH A MAIN CLAUSE TO EXPRESS AND IDEA
- PREDICATE
- SHOWS HOW NOUNS OR PRONOUNS RELATE TO OTHER WORDS IN A SENTENCE. THEY ARE VERBS AND THE WORDS USED TO EXPLAIN THE ACTION OR CONDITION
- SUBJECTS
- ONE OF TWO MAIN COMPONENTS OF A SENTENCE, ARE NOUNS, PRONOUNS, OR PHRASES USED AS NOUNS
- PREPOSITION
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SHOW HOW NOUNS OR PRONOUNS RELATE TO OTHER WORDS IN TH SENTENCE
- SIMILES
- SHOW A SIMILILARITY BETWEEN TWO THINGS, USING "LIKE"
- PROPER NOUNS
- FORM THEIR PLURALS BY ADDING S TO THE SINGULAR OR ES IF THE WORD ENDS IN S,Z,CH OR ZH
- VERB
- MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, SHOW ACTION OR STATE OF BEING AND ALSO INDICATE TIME OF ACTION OR BEING