3. A word that tells
what people or
things did
Action verb
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4. A word that
describes a noun
and can tell what
kind or how many
Adjective
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5. A word that
describes a verb
and tells how,
when, or where
Adverb
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6. The use of a
singular verb with a
singular subject
and a plural subject
with a plural verb
Agreement
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7. A punctuation mark
(‘) used in
contractions and
used to form
possessive words
Apostrophe
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8. A word or phrase
that directly follows
another noun and
explains or
identifies it
Appositive
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11. To think of different
ideas
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Brainstorm
16. Two related, short
sentences that
have been
combined using a
comma and the
connection word
and, but, or or
Compound sentence
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17. Formed by using
and to join the
subjects of two
sentences with the
same predicate
Compound subject
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18. A word that
connects words or
groups of words in
a sentence
Conjunction
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19. A shortened form
of two words joined
together. An
apostrophe
replaces the
missing letter or
letters
Contraction
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20. Standard rules of
spelling, grammar,
usage,
capitalization, and
punctuation
Conventions
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22. Tells which one
(this, that, these,
and those)
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Demonstrative
adjective
25. The part of the
writing process
when the writer
first puts ideas on
paper in the form of
a composition
Drafting
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29. A verb that comes
before the main
verb, such as have,
has, had
Helping verb
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31. Gives a command
and ends with a
period (.)
Imperative sentence
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32. To begin the first
line of a sentence a
few spaces in from
the margin
Indent
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33. A word that shows
strong feelings
Interjection
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34. Asks a question
and ends with a
question mark (?)
Interrogative sentence
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35. Verbs that do not
add –ed to show
past action
Irregular Verb
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40. Words that signal
sequence, such as
first, next, or last
Order words
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42. A group of
sentences that tell
about the main idea
Paragraph
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43. A verb that shows
action that has
already happened
Past tense
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44. A group of words
that does not have
a subject or a
predicate
Phrase
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46. Shows ownership.
It is formed by
adding an
apostrophe to a
plural noun
Plural possessive
noun
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47. A noun that shows
ownership. It is
formed by adding
an apostrophe and
s to a singular
noun
Possessive noun
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48. May be used in
place of a
possessive noun
Possessive pronoun
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49. Tells what the
subject of a
sentence does or is
Predicate
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50. A word that shows
the connection
between other
words in a
sentence, such as
at, for, with, or after
Preposition
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51. A group of words
that begins with a
preposition and
ends with a noun
or pronoun
Prepositional phrase
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52. A verb that shows
action that is
happening now
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Present tense
53. The way in which
writers share their
writing with an
audience
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Presentation
54. The part of the
writing process
when the writer
chooses a topic
and plans the
composition
Prewriting
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55. A word that
replaces one or
more nouns
Pronoun
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56. The part of the
writing process
when the writing is
checked for
mistakes
Proofreading
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58. A word that names
a particular person,
place, or thing and
is capitalized
Proper noun
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59. The part of the
writing process
when writers make
the final copy of
their composition
Publish
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62. The part of the writing
process when the writer
tries to improve the
working draft
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Revising
63. Has two complete
thoughts that run into
each other
Run-on sentence
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64. Words that describe how
something looks,
sounds, feels, tastes, or
smells
Sensory words
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65. A group of words that
tells a complete thought
Sentence
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66. The structure and order
of sentences so that a
composition reads
smoothly
Sentence fluency
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67. A list of three or more
words in a sentence
Series
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68. The main word in the
complete predicate
Simple predicate
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69. The main word in the
complete subject
Simple subject
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72. Tell more details or
information about a main
idea
Supporting
sentences
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73. The form of a verb that
identifies whether
something happens in
the present, past, or
future
Tense
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77. The use of words to
show the writer’s
personality
Voice
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81. A discussion between a
writer and a reader about
the writer’s composition
Writing conference
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82. A series of steps
(prewriting, drafting,
revising, proofreading,
publishing) that a writer
follows to write a
composition
Writing process
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