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| clause | a group of words that has a subject and a predicate |
| independent clause | expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence |
| dependent clause | begins with a subordinating conjunction and does not express a complete thought (and therefore cannot stand alone as a sentence) |
| direct object | the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb |
| indirect object | the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb (answers to whom, for what, etc.) |
| phrase | group of two or more words that acts as a single part of speech in a sentence and can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb (lacks subject/predicate pair) |
| predicate | the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject (includes the verb and its modifiers) |
| predicate adjective | follows a linking verb and helps to explain (or describe--with an adjective) the subject |
| predicate nominative | noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject |
| sentence | a group of words that expresses a complete thought |
| declarative sentence | makes a statement |
| interrogative sentence | asks a question |
| imperative sentence | makes a command or request |
| exclamatory sentence | makes an exclamation |
| subject | word, phrase, or clause that names whom or what the sentence is about |
