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Ati teas English STUDY GUIDE

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Ati teas English STUDY GUIDE What is singing in the sentence: singing is my favorite thing to do? - A gerund or verb that act as a noun. Gerund - A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun synonym - A word that means the same as another word Synonym of necessitate: - Entail, involve, require, demands, warrants Is measles singular? - Yes What is the meaning of disseminate? - To disperse and spread out What is plural of crisis? - Crises What is the proper spelling? - Recommendation subject verb agreement - Plural subjects must have plural verbs. Singular subjects must have singular verbs homograph - two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) homophone - a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word Colon - Used to introduce a list or quote, ratio, time Comma - Before and in a simple series of itemsAffix - Letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to change its meaning prefix - an affix that added in front of the word suffix - an affix that is added at the end of the word derivation - deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word inflection - change in the pitch or tone of a person's voice Morpheme - In a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning Root - A word to which an affix can be attached simple subject - the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about simple predicate - the verb in the sentence which expresses what is said about the subject complete predicate - consists of a verb and all the words that describe the verb and complete its meaning direct object - the object that receives the direct action of the verb Prepositional modifier - What does it feels Diction - A writer's or speaker's choice of words fragment - an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentencePerfective - A verb for an item that has been completed Presciptive grammar - Set of grammatical rules prescribed by a language authority progressive - a verb that shows something is currently happening Tense - Past, present, future transition words - words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs subject verb agreement - Plural subjects must have plural verbs. Singular subjects must have singular verbs Pronoun Antecedent Agreement - pronouns and antecedents must agree in number and gender Colloquialism - The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing first person - "I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective. second person - Told from the reader's point of view, using "you" third person - Narrator is not a character, but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts Adverb - A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

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