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Hints	Answer	% Correct
a word that names a person, place, concept, or object, essentially, anything that names a thing	noun	100%
a noun that are names or titles for specific things	proper noun	33%
a noun that refers to intangible qualities like love or courage	abstract noun	0%
verbs that refer to literal actions	action verb	0%
sayings that convey a general truth or observation, usually through metaphor	adages	0%
the words that describe or modifies a noun or pronoun	adjective	0%
a dependent clause that functions as an adjective to describe or modify a noun or pronoun	adjective clause	0%
a phrase that describes or otherwise provides additional meaning for an adjective	adjective phrase	0%
a word that describes an adjective, verb, or another one of it's kind. Often ends in -ly.	adverb	0%
a dependent clause that functions as an adverb, modifying a verb, adjective, or another adverb by providing information about when, where, why, how, or to what extent an action occurs.	adverbial clause	0%
a phrase that takes on the role of an adverb in a sentence	adverbial phrase	0%
short descriptions that add detail about a noun by defining it	appositive	0%
words that appear before nouns to indicate whether the noun is specific or general	articles	0%
a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb, and it forms a single grammatical unit that can be a complete sentence or part of one.	Clause	0%
a noun that are general names for things	common noun	0%
adjective: taller, more beautiful	comparative	0%
a sentence that includes an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses	complex sentence	0%
a sentence that includes two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause	compound-complex sentence	0%
contains two or more independent clauses	compound sentence	0%
a noun that refers to physical objects	concrete noun	0%
make it possible to build complex sentences that express multiple ideas	conjunction	0%
conjunctions that connect grammatically equal elements: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet	coordinating conjunction	0%
other conjunction type: either/or, neither/nor	correlative conjunction	0%
a determiner (THE in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing mentioned has already been mentioned	definite article	0%
pronouns that identify, point to, or refer to nouns: this, that, these	demonstrative pronoun	0%
not a complete sentence, sometimes known as a subordinate clause, depend on independent clauses to clearly express ideas	dependent clause	0%
adjective: red, large, cheerful	descriptive	0%
words that come before a noun to explain which noun you're referring to, the noun's quantity or whether the noun is general or specific.	determiner	0%
words used to discuss the parts of a group in relation to the whole group	distributives	0%
phrases that communicate specific ideas through "softer", more polite language, are typically used to avoid speaking directly about subjects that evoke an unpleasant image or otherwise make the speaker or listener uncomfortable	euphemisms	0%
phrase that expresses a point through symbolic language, usually used for rhetorical and storytelling purposes	figures of speech	0%
phrase that's been cemented into our consciousness in a specific order, also known as a set phrase	fixed expression	0%
a noun created by adding -ing to a verb	gerund	0%
a phrase that includes a gerund and it's modifiers	gerund phrase	0%
works with other verbs to change the meaning of a sentence	helping verb	0%
are two or more words that are spelled identically, but have different sounds and meanings. example, tear as in rip and tear as in crying tear	heteronyms	0%
are two or more words with the same pronunciation but different origins or spelling, for example new and knew	homophones	0%
a determiner (A and AN in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is nonspecific	indefinite article	0%
are part of simple sentences	independent clause	0%
a phrase made up of an infinitive and the words that give it clarity	infinitive phrase	0%
a word or phrase that expresses a strong emotion, command, reaction, or sudden feeling. Often used as an exclamation and is typically followed by a comma or exclamation mark.	interjection	0%
an action verb that does not require a direct object to complete it's meaning	intransitive verb	0%
past tense and past participle form doesn't end in -ed, -d, and doesn't use the -t variant.	irregular verb	0%
stative verbs that link a subject with a subject complement	linking verb	0%
comparing objects without using the words like or as	metaphor	0%
referring to a concept by a closely related term	metonymy	0%
used to give a sentence a specific mood, each is used differently, and they can express concepts such as ability, necessity, possibility, or permission	modal verb	0%
a verb that describes things like qualities, states of existence, opinions, beliefs, and emotions	modal verbs	0%
verbs that refer to feelings or states of being, like to love and to be	nonaction verb	0%
a dependent clause that functions as a noun, performing a role like the subject or object in a sentence	noun clause	0%
a phrase that provides detail or clarification about a noun	noun phrase	0%
opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose	order of adjectives	0%
self-contradictory statements that express a truth	paradox	0%
modified verbs that take on the role of adjectives	participle	0%
pronouns for specific persons or things	personal pronoun	0%
ascribing human traits, actions, or emotions to animals or objects	personification	0%
combinations of a verb with prepositions and/or adverbs that have a different meaning from the individual words used to form them	phrasal verb	0%
a group of words that functions as a single unit within a sentence, but does not contain both a subject and a predicate	phrase	0%
pronouns that indicate ownership: mine, yours, their	possessive pronoun	0%
a word that tells you the relationships between other words in a sentence, placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence	preposition	0%
phrases that include a preposition and it's object, can also include modifiers, but the don't have to	prepositional phrase	0%
words you substitute for specific nouns when the reader or listener already knows which specific noun you're referring to	pronoun	0%
a type of saying that expresses a universal truth, imparts advice	proverb	0%
adjective: many, three, few	quantitative	0%
pronouns that emphasize another noun or pronoun	reflexive pronoun	0%
it it's past tense form and past participle ends in -ed, -d, or the verb -t variant verb.	regular verb	0%
pronouns that introduce a subordinate clause	relative pronoun	0%
a pithy phrase that uses figurative language to describe something	saying	0%
comparing objects using the words like or as	simile	0%
a verbal slip-up where the initial sounds or letters of two or more words in a phrase are transposed, often resulting in a humorous phrase. For example, saying "blushing crow" instead of "crushing blow"	spoonerism	0%
conjunctions connect clauses that are not equal: because, although, while, since	subordinating conjunction	0%
adjective: tallest, most beautiful	superlative	0%
referring to an object or person by just a part of the whole	synecdoche	0%
an action verb that requires a direct object to complete it's meaning	transitive verb	0%
nouns like information, wealth, and water, cannot be easily quantified. They include intangible concepts like animal husbandry and space, nouns that are generally considered as whole like jewelry and equipment, and homogeneous substances like sand and air. Also known as mass nouns.	uncountable nouns	0%
deliberately underplaying something to make a statement about how large it actually is	understatement	0%
words that describe specific actions, whether physical or mental	verb	0%
phrases that contain a verb and any linking verb or modifiers	verb phrase	0%

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