AP grammar vocab

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A word or phrase that modifies a noun.

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adjective

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A word or phrase that modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, or degree.

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adverb

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The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

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antecedent

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A word or group of words beside a noun to supplement its meaning.

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appositive

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Defines a noun as specific or unspecific

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article

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Two parallel elements set against each other like equal weights on a scale.

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balanced sentence

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Inverted parallelism relates two clauses by reversing terms (e.g., "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.")

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chiasmus

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A grammatical unit with a subject and a verb.

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clause

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Contains one independent clause & at least one dependent clause.

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complex sentence

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Contains 2+ independent clauses & 1 dependent clause.

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complex-compound sentence