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Elements Of Style Vocab

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1. Correlative conjunctions [BOTH - AND; EITHER - OR; NEITHER - NOR] join the same kinds of elements (as conjunctions)






2. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]






3. The predicating verb in a main clause or sentence.






4. A word or group of words that aids coherence in writing by showing the connections between ideas.






5. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.






6. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.






7. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.






8. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]






9. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]






10. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.






11. A group of related words that functions as a unit but lacks a subject - verb - or both. WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE.






12. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]






13. The name of a particular person - place or thing.






14. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.






15. A group of words consisting of a preposition - its object -and any of the object's modifiers. [Georgia ON MY MIND.]






16. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]






17. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]






18. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]






19. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]






20. A word that names a person - place - or thing.






21. The words - A - AN - and THE - which signal or introduce nouns. THE refers to a particular item - whereas A and AN refer to a general item.






22. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.






23. A word - phrase - or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. [YOUR country]






24. An independent clause which can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence.






25. A feature of nouns - pronouns - and a few verbs referring to singular or plural.






26. A pronoun that functions as a subject or a subject complement.






27. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]






28. A word or phrase that qualifies - describes - or limits the meaning of a word - phrase - or clause. [FRAYED ribbon]






29. A pronoun that connects a dependent clause to a main clause in a sentence: WHO - WHOM - WHOSE - WHICH - etc...






30. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]






31. The time of a verb's action or state of being - such as past - present - or future.






32. A verb that combines with the main verb to show differences in tense - person - and voice. The most common auxiliaries are forms of BE - DO and HAVE. [I AM going; we DID not go]






33. The -ING form of a verb that functions as a noun: HIKING - PLAYING - etc...






34. A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person (ANYBODY) or thing (SOMETHING)






35. The noun to which a pronoun refers. A pronoun and its antecedent must agree in person - number - and gender. [Michael and HIS teammates moved off campus]






36. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]






37. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]






38. The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number [Karen GOES to Cal Tech; her sister GO to Ucla] - and a pronoun with its antecedent in person - number - and gender [as soon as Karen finished the exam - SHE picked up HER books].






39. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.






40. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN






41. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.






42. Possessive pronouns such as HERS - ITS and THEIRS.






43. A phrase of clause that does not limit or restrict the essential meaning of the element it modifies.






44. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.






45. The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject (THEY) - object (THEM) - or possessor (THEIR).






46. A clause introduced by a relative pronoun - such as WHO - WHICH - THAT - or by a relative adverb - such as WHERE - WHEN - WHY.






47. In the present tense - a verb phrase consisting of TO followed by the base form of the verb (TO WRITE). A split infinitive occurs when one or more words separate TO and the verb [TO BOLDLY GO]






48. A verb form that functions in a sentence as a noun - an adjective - or an adverb rather than as a principal verb. [THINKING can be fun.]






49. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]






50. Two or more simple subjects joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction. [HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD had little in common.]