AP Grammar

Defines a noun as specific or unspecific

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

inverted parallelism; two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of terms (i.e. "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.")

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Contains at least two independent clauses but no dependent clauses.

• periodic sentence

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Contains one independent clause.

• loose sentence

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Shows excitement or emotion; usually come at the start of a sentence followed by an exclamation point (or by a comma if the feeling's not as strong)

• conjunction

• interjection

• preposition

• adverb

• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

• adjective

• article

• noun

• preposition

• pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

States an idea

• sentence

• declarative sentence

• interrogative sentence

• imperative sentence

• clause

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D