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Language
The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture
Diction
Proper pronunciation
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Semantics
The study of reference, meaning, or truth
Grammar
Set of rules or conventions to make a sentence correct
Parts of Speech
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adverb
Conjunction
Preposition
Interjection
Adjective
Noun
A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things
Types of Nouns
Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
Common Nouns
Starts with a small letter, the general name of something
Common
Nouns
School
Subject
Bag
Proper Nouns
Starts with a capital letter, the specific name of something
Proper
Nouns
INNHS
English
Jansport
Pronouns
A word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase
Subjective
(
Nominative
)
Pronouns
Acts as a subject in a sentence or a subject complement
Objective
(
Accusative
)
Pronouns
Acts as the direct object, indirect object of a sentence
Possessive
Pronouns
Personal, shows that something belongs to someone
Relative
Pronouns
Used to connect relative clauses to independent clauses
Relative
Pronouns
who
whom
whose
which
that
Demonstrative
Pronouns
Used to point specific things
Demonstrative
Pronouns
this
that
these
those
Indefinite Pronouns
Does not refer to specific person, thing or amount
Reflexive Pronouns
Used for the object of a verb when it refers to the same noun as the subject of that verb
Intensive
Pronouns
Adds emphasis or intensity to a noun
Interrogative Pronouns
Used in questions
Interrogative Pronouns
who
whom
whose
what
Reciprocal Pronouns
Indicates a reciprocal relationship
Reciprocal
Pronouns
each other
one another
Verbs
Used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
Auxiliary Verbs
Verbs used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs
Auxiliary
Verbs
do (do, did, does)
be (is, are, was, were, am, been, being)
have (has, have, had)
Modals
Auxiliary verbs that express necessity or possibility
Action Verbs
Express an action, whether it be physical or mental
Transitive Verb
Requires a direct object
Intransitive Verb
Does not require a direct object
Adverbs
A word that modifies (describes) a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even a whole sentence
Conjunction
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
Kinds of Conjunction
Coordinating
Conjunctions
Subordinating
Conjunctions
Correlative
Conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions
FANBOYS (
For
,
And
,
Nor
,
But
,
Or
,
Yet
,
So
)
Subordinating Conjunctions
Connects a main clause with a subordinate clause
Correlative Conjunctions
Used to illustrate how two words or phrases within a sentence relate to each other
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