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Clause

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A group of words that contains both a subject and predicate

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Phrase

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A group of words that is missing either a subject or predicate

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Independent clause

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A group of words that stands alone – a complete thought

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Dependent clause

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A group of words that contains a subject and predicate makes the reader feel there should be more

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Conjunctions

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A part of speech that join words, phrases, and clauses

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Simple sentence

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Independent clause

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Compound

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IC + IC

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Complex

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DC + IC

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Compound-complex

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IC + IC + DC

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Subject

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Who or what the sentence is about

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Simple subject

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Only who or what the sentence is about

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Complete subject

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All the compliments and modifiers plus the subject

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Predicate

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Tells what the subject does (verb)

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Simple predicate

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Only the verb or verb phrase

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Complete predicate

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The complete sentence, excluding the complete subject

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Linking verbs

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Links a subject of the sentence to a word in the predicate. They don’t show actions.

Examples: am, is, are, was, were, been, be, and sometimes “feel.”

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Predicate nominatives

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Word in the predicate that renames the subject

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Predicate adjectives

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Word in the predicate that describes the subject

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Action verbs

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Verb that show action

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Direct objects

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Receives the action of a verb

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Indirect object

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To whom or for whom or to what or for what the action is intended.

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Linking verbs

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Don’t show action

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Action verbs

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Show action