| A | B |
| Independent Clause | A clause that can stand alone |
| Dependent Clause | A clause that cannot stand alone |
| Adjective Clause | Modifies a noun or pronoun indicated by a relative pronoun |
| Adverb Clause | A clause that modifies a adjective, verb, or another adverb indicated by a subordinating conjunction |
| Noun Clause | A clause that functions as a noun indictaed by a noun clause indicator |
| Clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a verb |
| Simple Sentence | A sentence with one independant clause |
| Compund Sentence | a Sentence that has 2 or more independant clauses |
| Complex Sentence | One indepedant clause and at least one dependant clause |
| Compound-Complex Sentence | A sentence that has two independant clauses and at least 1 dependant clause |
| Relative pronoun | That, which, who, whose, whom |
| Subordinating conjunction | as, because, whether, unless, since, although |
| Noun Clause Indicator | who(ever), which(even), what(ever), that, whom(ever), how(ever) |