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| captialization | the process of beginning a word or group of words with uppercase or capital letters |
| punctuation | marks or symblols used to make th meaning of written material clear |
| simple sentence | a sentence with a subject and a verb that produces a complete thought |
| run-on | many thoughts expressed as one sentence |
| fragment | a group of words intended to express a complete thought yet the subject, verb or both is missing |
| conventions | the expected style of writing based on rules or practices recognized as valid in language arts (capitalization and punctuation rules) |
| formal English | language spoken or written according to the rules of English |
| academic vocabulary | words you must know in order to understand the concepts taught in school |