| A | B |
| noun | a person, place, or thing |
| adjective | describes a noun |
| interjection | expresses excitement or extreme feeling |
| preposition | indicates location |
| subject | all the words describing the main noun |
| dangling modifier | a dependent clause refers to nothing |
| parallelism | series of clauses are equal in structure |
| verb | action word |
| adverb | describes how the action is done |
| conjunction | connects ideas |
| pronoun | a word substitute for a noun |
| predicate | all the words describing the main verb |
| appositive | nonessential description set apart by commas |
| gerund | noun ending in -ing |
| clause | an independent or dependent group of words |
| infinitive | verb phrase "to--" used as a noun |
| antecedent | refers to the noun |
| direct object | the subject of the action |
| indirect object | receives the object |
| misplaced modifier | modifies the wrong noun or pronoun |