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JOURN 2100: EXAM 2
parts of speech (8) |
-noun
-pronoun
-verb
-adjective
-adverb
-conjunction
-preposition
-interjection |
noun |
-person, place, thing, quality, idea |
common noun |
generic |
proper noun |
name of something specific, should be capitalized |
pronoun |
takes place of noun |
adjective |
modifies noun/pronoun
-ask what kind, which one, how many |
adverb |
modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs (answers to what degree) |
verb |
action/state of being |
preposition |
connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence- sometimes consist of more than one word |
examples of prepositions |
-about
-at
-by
-down
-for
-in
-of
-on
-to
-us |
conjunction |
connects words or groups of words |
coordinating conjunction
|
connects equal items (BOYFANS- but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so) |
correlative conjunction |
used in pairs (as...as, if...then) |
interjection |
-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) |
comparative adjectives/ adverbs |
-groups of 2
-add "-er"
-use "more" or "less" |
superlative adjectives/ adverbs |
-groups of 3+
-add "-est"
-use "most" or "leaste |
adverbs |
-modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs
-usually end in "-ly" |
good vs. well |
good= adjective
well= adj. only in reference to someone's health, adverb when referring to how something was done |
person choices |
-first (me)
-second (you)
-third (he/she/it) |
subjective pronouns |
-i
-we
-he
-she
-it
-they
-you |
possessive pronouns |
-my
-our
-his
-hers
-whose
-its
-their
-your
-one's |
objective case |
-direct
-indirect
-object of a preposition
-object of an infinitive
examples: me, you, him/her/it, one, us, them |
reflexive pronouns |
-end in "-self" or "-selves"
-only use when you've already used the pronoun/noun
-examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself,itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves |
who vs. whom |
-who: subjects
whom: objects (remember: whom-him) |