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Daily Oral Language
Vocabulary used in our weekly DOL's
Term | Definition |
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simple sentence | one independent clause |
compound sentence | two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOY) |
complex sentence | one independent and one dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction (on a white bus) |
compound-complex sentence | independent and dependent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction and also having a subordinate conjunction (FANBOYS on A WHITE BUS) |
coordinating conjunction | joins two independent clauses; FANBOY. for, and , nor, but, or, yet, so |
subordinate conjunction | joins dependent clauses O:once N: now A: after, although, as W: where, wherever, when, whenever, whether, while H: How, however I: in case, if, in order that T: though, that E: even though, even if B: before, because U: until, unless S: since, so that |
verb tense | indicates when the action in a sentence takes place; verbs MUST agree in tense within a sentence |
declarative sentence | makes a statement and ends with a period ( . ) |
imperative sentence | gives a command and ends with a period( . ) |
interrogative sentence | asks a question and ends with a question mark ( ? ) |
exclamatory sentence | shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark ( ! ) |
antecedent | is the noun that a pronoun replaces in a sentence |
What is the antecedent in this sentence: Hairy thought he was the best beast ever! | Hairy (is the noun) he (is the pronoun that replaces the word Hairy) |
appositive phrase | a phrase that gives the reader more information |