| A | B |
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| Third Person | Uses "he, she, they" |
| What kind of essay would a report on "Gold" be | expository |
| He spends all his time in the river.He is a fish,What figure of speech?) | metaphor |
| The leaves dance across the yard. (Figure of Speech?) | personification |
| Adjective | Tells "Which one? What kind? How many?" |
| Compound complex | 2 sentence and 1 dependent clause |
| Plural nouns | More than one person, place, thing or idea |
| Subordinate Clause | Dependent clause, cannot stand alone |
| Graphic Organizer | Pattern of Organizaton |
| Subdetails | Details in the details |
| Figures of Speech | simile, metaphor, personification |
| She runs like a deer throught the trees. (Figure of Speech?) | simile |
| Predicate Adjective | Follows linking verb, describes the subject |
| Preposition | begins a phrase, |
| Tries to convince the reader | Persuasive Essay |
| Details | Support the main idea |
| An essay that begins..."Last summer I went to Florida. Then..." | Narrative |
| Antecedent | What the pronouns stands for in the sentence |
| Something you can touch | Concrete noun |
| Plural Pronouns | we, they, us |
| Pronoun | Words that stand for nouns |
| Fragment, cannot stand alone | Dependent clause |
| Main ideas of an article | Summary |
| Uses-"like or as" Her hair is like straw. | Simile |
| Below main heading in a book or story | subheading or subtitle |
| Suffix | Ending-"ing" |
| Formal Language | Used in essays, research papers, business letters |
| Attitude or purpose of writing | Tone |
| Complex Sentence | Has-dependent and independt clause |
| Adjective phrase | Prepositional phrase, tells "Which one? What kind? How many?" |
| Appositive | Tells more about the word it follows, set off by commas |
| Third Person | What person? They saw a bear in the area... |
| Subject and Verb do not agree in | Non parallell construction |
| Conjunction | Connecting words...and, but, or for |
| Exaggeration | I am so hungry I could eat horse. |
| Subject Verb Agreement | Subject and Verb sound comfortable together |
| Compound Subject | Two or more subjects |
| Narrative Essay | Tells a story in order of events |
| Descriptive Essay | Creates a good picture of a place or thing |
| Linking Verb | am, is, are, was, were, be,being etc. |
| Compound Predicate | Two or more verbs |
| To run a race... | Infinitive |
| Singular Pronoun | I, me, he, she |
| Conjunction | Connecting words and, but, or, for, nor etc |
| a, an, the | Articles |
| Action Verb | Something that can be done |
| Style | Way an author writes |
| Adverbs | Tell How? Where? When? To what extent? Many end in "ly". |
| When you say one thing and mean another | Irony |
| When non living things have human characteristics. (The car groaned.) | Personification |
