Language and Literature

Cards (85)

  • 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