JOURN 2100: EXAM 2
24 Cards in this Set
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parts of speech (8)
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-noun
-pronoun
-verb
-adjective
-adverb
-conjunction
-preposition
-interjection
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noun
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-person, place, thing, quality, idea
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common noun
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generic
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proper noun
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name of something specific, should be capitalized
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pronoun
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takes place of noun
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adjective
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modifies noun/pronoun
-ask what kind, which one, how many
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adverb
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modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs (answers to what degree)
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verb
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action/state of being
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preposition
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connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence- sometimes consist of more than one word
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examples of prepositions
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-about
-at
-by
-down
-for
-in
-of
-on
-to
-us
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conjunction
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connects words or groups of words
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coordinating conjunction
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connects equal items (BOYFANS- but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so)
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correlative conjunction
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used in pairs (as...as, if...then)
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interjection
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-show emotion or excitement
-set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma if the feeling's not as strong (yeah! vs. no, i'm not interested)
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comparative adjectives/ adverbs
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-groups of 2
-add "-er"
-use "more" or "less"
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superlative adjectives/ adverbs
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-groups of 3+
-add "-est"
-use "most" or "leaste
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adverbs
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-modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs
-usually end in "-ly"
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good vs. well
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good= adjective
well= adj. only in reference to someone's health, adverb when referring to how something was done
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person choices
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-first (me)
-second (you)
-third (he/she/it)
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subjective pronouns
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-i
-we
-he
-she
-it
-they
-you
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possessive pronouns
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-my
-our
-his
-hers
-whose
-its
-their
-your
-one's
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objective case
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-direct
-indirect
-object of a preposition
-object of an infinitive
examples: me, you, him/her/it, one, us, them
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reflexive pronouns
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-end in "-self" or "-selves"
-only use when you've already used the pronoun/noun
-examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself,itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
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who vs. whom
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-who: subjects
whom: objects (remember: whom-him)
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JOURN 2100: GRAMMAR TEST