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Terms used in English grammar, writing, and phonics.

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An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun. Common adjectives indicate color, size, or other characteristics such as character traits. Examples of adjectives include: red, blue, tall, ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar Collected Term

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or an entire phrase. In the phrase "John opened the door very slowly," very is an adverb modifying the adverb slowly, which in ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar Collected Term

An anagram is a word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form another word or phrase. For example, in The Harry Potter book series the name "Tom Marvalo Riddle" is an anagram whose letters ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

A declarative sentence is a statement and ends in a period. Examples: The cat ran home. The darkening sky meant a storm was coming.

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. This type of sentence ends with an exclamation point. Examples: Stop the madness! How beautiful the stars are!

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

A composition is written in the first person if it is written from the point of view of the writer. For example, the following sentences are written in the first person: I went home and saw the ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

One of two or more words that have the same pronunciation (homophones) and/or the same spelling (homographs), but different meanings. One example would be bow, which can be pronounced one way to ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

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