Zia

• Syntax


  How the sentence is being formed
• Basic Syntax


  • Words
  • Phrases
  • Sentences
• Types of Syntax


  • Simple
  • Compound
  • Complex
  • Compound complex
• Simple syntax


  • Has a subject and predicate
  • Expresses a complete idea
• Functions of sentences


  • Declarative
  • Interrogative
  • Imperative
  • Exclamatory
• Compound syntax


  • Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
• Complex syntax


  • One independent clause with one or more subordinate clauses
• Compound-complex syntax


  • Two independent clauses with one or more subordinate clauses
• Types of adverbs


  • Manner
  • Degree
  • Place
  • Time
• Noun


  A word that typically refers to a thing, person, animal, place, quality, idea, or action
• Types of nouns


  • Common
  • Proper
  • Collective
• Gerund


  Identical to the present participle (ing form) of a verb
• Descriptive adjective


  • Describes the characteristics, traits, or qualities of a noun or pronoun
• Interrogative adjective


  • Used to ask questions
• Attributive adjective


  • Directly next to the noun or pronoun that they modify
• Distributive adjective


  • Refers to members of a group individually
• Types of pronouns


  • Possessive
  • Personal
  • Relative
  • Reflexive
  • Intensive
  • Indefinite
  • Demonstrative
  • Interrogative
  • Reciprocal
• Types of conjunctions


  • Conjunctive adverb
  • Relative adverb
  • Subordinate conjunction
  • Correlative conjunction
• Phrase


  A short group of words that express a meaning
• Clause


  A group of words that contain a subject-verb relationship
• Figures of speech


  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • Apostrophe
  • Alliteration
  • Assonance
  • Hyperbole
  • Oxymoron
  • Irony
  • Antithesis
• Acronym


  Words formed from the initial letters or major parts of a compound term
• Clipping


  Shortening of a longer word, often informal or slang
• Blending


  Words formed by overlapping parts of two words
• Affixation


  The process of attaching a group of letters to a base to form a new word
• Types of nouns


  • Attributive
  • Count
  • Mass
  • Singular
  • Plural
• Types of adjectives


  • Comparative
  • Superlative
  • Predicate
  • Compound
  • Possessive
  • Demonstrative
  • Proper
  • Participial
  • Limiting