Unit 1: Conventions, Writing, and Speaking & Listening

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  1. common noun
    a noun that denotes any or all members of a class
  2. proper noun
    a word that denotes a particular person, place, or thing
  3. broadcast
    a radio or television show
  4. personal pronoun
    a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
  5. possessive
    serving to express or indicate the act of having
  6. reflexive pronoun
    a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
  7. reflexive
    referring back to itself
  8. intensive
    tending to give force or emphasis
  9. oral
    using speech rather than writing
  10. adjective
    a word that expresses an attribute of something
  11. adverb
    a word that modifies something other than a noun
  12. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  13. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
  14. verb
    a word denoting an action, occurrence, or state of existence
  15. present
    a verb tense that expresses actions at the time of speaking
  16. present participle
    a participle expressing present action
  17. past
    a verb tense that expresses previous actions or states
  18. past participle
    a participle that expresses completed action
  19. panel
    a group of people gathered for a special purpose
  20. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  21. autobiographical
    relating to or in the style of an account of one's own life
  22. conjunction
    a function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases
  23. coordinating conjunction
    a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
  24. subordinating conjunction
    a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause
  25. complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
  26. antecedent
    the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
  27. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  28. argumentative
    given to or characterized by a tendency to dispute
  29. evaluation
    the act of ascertaining or judging the quality of
  30. explanatory
    serving or intended to make clear
  31. diary
    a daily written record of experiences and observations
  32. informative
    serving to instruct or enlighten
  33. comparison
    the act of examining resemblances
  34. contrast
    the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
Created on Mon Feb 08 10:12:43 EST 2021 (updated Thu Feb 18 12:36:16 EST 2021)

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