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Table of Contents
PUNCTUATION...................................................................................................................3
THE SENTENCE:.............................................................................................................................3
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE:............................................................................................................4
PHRASES:......................................................................................................................................5
CLAUSES:......................................................................................................................................5
PUNCTUATION CHARACTERS:.......................................................................................................6
APOSTROPHE:..............................................................................................................................8
COMMA SPLICE:...........................................................................................................................8
PARTS OF SPEECH:..............................................................................................................8
NOUNS:........................................................................................................................................8
PRONOUNS:.................................................................................................................................9
ADJECTIVES:.................................................................................................................................9
VERBS:........................................................................................................................................10
ADVERBS:...................................................................................................................................11
PREPOSTIONS:............................................................................................................................12
CONJUNCTIONS:.........................................................................................................................12
ARTICLES:....................................................................................................................................12
INTERJECTION.............................................................................................................................12
DEGREES OF COMPARISON:........................................................................................................12
FIGURES OF SPEECH:.........................................................................................................13
COMPARISONS:..........................................................................................................................13
SIMILE:..........................................................................................................................................................13
METAPHOR:..................................................................................................................................................13
PERSONIFICATION:........................................................................................................................................14
ALLUSION:.....................................................................................................................................................14
SOUND DEVICES:........................................................................................................................14
ALLITERATION:..............................................................................................................................................14
ASSONANCE:.................................................................................................................................................14
ONOMATOPEIA:............................................................................................................................................15
RHYME:.........................................................................................................................................................15
CONTRADICTIONS:......................................................................................................................15
OXYMORON:.................................................................................................................................................15
PARADOX:.....................................................................................................................................................15
IRONY:...........................................................................................................................................................15
PARODY:........................................................................................................................................................15
SATIRE:..........................................................................................................................................................16
, EXAGGERATION / UNDERSTATEMENT:.......................................................................................16
HYPERBOLE:..................................................................................................................................................16
EUPHEMISM:.................................................................................................................................................16
INNUENDO:...................................................................................................................................................16
CLIMAX:.........................................................................................................................................................16
OTHERS:.....................................................................................................................................16
PUN:..............................................................................................................................................................16
RHETORICAL QUESTION:...............................................................................................................................16
LANGUAGE SKILLS:...........................................................................................................17
CONCORD:..................................................................................................................................17
MISRELATED PARTICIPLE:...........................................................................................................17
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE:......................................................................................................18
TAUTOLOGY:..............................................................................................................................18
MALAPROPISM:............................................................................................................................................18
DICTION:.....................................................................................................................................18
AUDIENCE:..................................................................................................................................18
REGISTER:...................................................................................................................................18
TONE:.........................................................................................................................................18
MOOD:.......................................................................................................................................18
STYLE:.........................................................................................................................................19
SLANG:.......................................................................................................................................19
COLLOQUIALISM:........................................................................................................................19
JARGON:.....................................................................................................................................19
EMOTIVE LANGUAGE:.................................................................................................................19
LITERARY TERMS:.............................................................................................................20
CLICHES:.....................................................................................................................................20
AMBIGUITY:................................................................................................................................20
SARCASM:..................................................................................................................................20
STEREOTYPE:..............................................................................................................................20
SPOONERISM:.............................................................................................................................21
NEOLOGISM:..............................................................................................................................21
ACRONYM:.................................................................................................................................21
ANAGRAM:.................................................................................................................................21
ABBREVIATION:..........................................................................................................................21
METONYMY:...............................................................................................................................21
ANTITHESIS:................................................................................................................................21
SENSATIONALISM:......................................................................................................................21
PROVERB:...................................................................................................................................21
, IDIOM:........................................................................................................................................21
VERBOSITY:.................................................................................................................................22
VISUAL LITERACY:.............................................................................................................22
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH..........................................................................................23
PUNCTUATION
THE SENTENCE:
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES:
Table of Contents
PUNCTUATION...................................................................................................................3
THE SENTENCE:.............................................................................................................................3
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE:............................................................................................................4
PHRASES:......................................................................................................................................5
CLAUSES:......................................................................................................................................5
PUNCTUATION CHARACTERS:.......................................................................................................6
APOSTROPHE:..............................................................................................................................8
COMMA SPLICE:...........................................................................................................................8
PARTS OF SPEECH:..............................................................................................................8
NOUNS:........................................................................................................................................8
PRONOUNS:.................................................................................................................................9
ADJECTIVES:.................................................................................................................................9
VERBS:........................................................................................................................................10
ADVERBS:...................................................................................................................................11
PREPOSTIONS:............................................................................................................................12
CONJUNCTIONS:.........................................................................................................................12
ARTICLES:....................................................................................................................................12
INTERJECTION.............................................................................................................................12
DEGREES OF COMPARISON:........................................................................................................12
FIGURES OF SPEECH:.........................................................................................................13
COMPARISONS:..........................................................................................................................13
SIMILE:..........................................................................................................................................................13
METAPHOR:..................................................................................................................................................13
PERSONIFICATION:........................................................................................................................................14
ALLUSION:.....................................................................................................................................................14
SOUND DEVICES:........................................................................................................................14
ALLITERATION:..............................................................................................................................................14
ASSONANCE:.................................................................................................................................................14
ONOMATOPEIA:............................................................................................................................................15
RHYME:.........................................................................................................................................................15
CONTRADICTIONS:......................................................................................................................15
OXYMORON:.................................................................................................................................................15
PARADOX:.....................................................................................................................................................15
IRONY:...........................................................................................................................................................15
PARODY:........................................................................................................................................................15
SATIRE:..........................................................................................................................................................16
, EXAGGERATION / UNDERSTATEMENT:.......................................................................................16
HYPERBOLE:..................................................................................................................................................16
EUPHEMISM:.................................................................................................................................................16
INNUENDO:...................................................................................................................................................16
CLIMAX:.........................................................................................................................................................16
OTHERS:.....................................................................................................................................16
PUN:..............................................................................................................................................................16
RHETORICAL QUESTION:...............................................................................................................................16
LANGUAGE SKILLS:...........................................................................................................17
CONCORD:..................................................................................................................................17
MISRELATED PARTICIPLE:...........................................................................................................17
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE:......................................................................................................18
TAUTOLOGY:..............................................................................................................................18
MALAPROPISM:............................................................................................................................................18
DICTION:.....................................................................................................................................18
AUDIENCE:..................................................................................................................................18
REGISTER:...................................................................................................................................18
TONE:.........................................................................................................................................18
MOOD:.......................................................................................................................................18
STYLE:.........................................................................................................................................19
SLANG:.......................................................................................................................................19
COLLOQUIALISM:........................................................................................................................19
JARGON:.....................................................................................................................................19
EMOTIVE LANGUAGE:.................................................................................................................19
LITERARY TERMS:.............................................................................................................20
CLICHES:.....................................................................................................................................20
AMBIGUITY:................................................................................................................................20
SARCASM:..................................................................................................................................20
STEREOTYPE:..............................................................................................................................20
SPOONERISM:.............................................................................................................................21
NEOLOGISM:..............................................................................................................................21
ACRONYM:.................................................................................................................................21
ANAGRAM:.................................................................................................................................21
ABBREVIATION:..........................................................................................................................21
METONYMY:...............................................................................................................................21
ANTITHESIS:................................................................................................................................21
SENSATIONALISM:......................................................................................................................21
PROVERB:...................................................................................................................................21
, IDIOM:........................................................................................................................................21
VERBOSITY:.................................................................................................................................22
VISUAL LITERACY:.............................................................................................................22
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH..........................................................................................23
PUNCTUATION
THE SENTENCE:
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES:
