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Collective (nouns)
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names a group (family, chorus, jury, band etc)
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Abstract (nouns)
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idea, quality, characteriztic (justice, civilization, freedom, imagination--untouchable)
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Predicate adjective
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adj form of compliment
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Compliment
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describes or identifies subject
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Demonstrative (pronoun)
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this, that, these, those-pointing out
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Personal (pronoun)
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refers to one speaking (1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person)
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Relative (pronoun)
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who, whom, whose, which, that-introduces subordinate clause
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Intensive (pronoun)
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emphisizing the antecedent (Anna made these herself)
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Common (nouns)
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not a particular noun (simple like man, dog, city, tunnel)
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Adjective
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modifies a noun-what kind, which one, how many
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Reflexive (pronoun)
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refers back to antecedent (Anna explained herself)
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Proper (nouns)
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a particular noun (person, place thing or idea--first letter CAPS)
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Noun
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person, place, thing or idea
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Linking (verbs)
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connects subject to word which describes it (replace with to be-am, is, are etc)
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Articles
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a, an, the (these are adj)
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Action (verbs)
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physical or mental action
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Concrete (nouns)
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objects can be perceived by the 5 senses (cinnamon, whisper etc)
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Antecedent
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word replaced by pronoun
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Pronoun
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takes a place of a noun
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Compound (nouns)
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contains more than one word (weekend, caregiver, school bus, self-confidence etc)
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Verb phrase
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one main verb, one or more helping verbs
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Adverb
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modifies verb, adjective or another adverb--where, when, how/to what extent
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Indefinite (pronoun)
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unexact amount or quantity (some, all, none, several, both, each, nothing, many etc)
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Verb
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word used to epress action or state of being
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Predicate nomnitive
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noun form of compliment
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Interrogitive (pronoun)
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who, whom, whose, which, what- asking questions
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