MTEL Communication and Literacy With Accurate Questions & Answers(SCORED A+)

absolute phrase - ANSWER a phrase that is related to a sentence in meaning, but has no grammatical relationship to the phrase. Ex. "The movie over......," abstract noun - ANSWER a noun that names a quality or mental concept active voice - ANSWER the subject performs the action adjective - ANSWER a word that describes or modifies a noun or prounoun antecedent - ANSWER the noun, usually before the pronoun, that the pronoun replaces. clause - ANSWER a group of related words containing both a subject and a predicate. comma splice - ANSWER an incorrect sentence construction in which two independent clauses are fused together with a comma. comparative adjective - ANSWER compares two persons, places or things. It is usually followed by "than". ex. colder than compound sentence - ANSWER a sentence with at least two two verbs and two subjects. conjunction - ANSWER a word that connects other words to each other dependent clause - ANSWER Has a complete subject, a complete predicate, but cannot stand alone as a simple sentence. direct object - ANSWER a word that receives a direct action from the subject of the sentence. Answers the question what or whom. elliptical clause - ANSWER an instance in which clause elements are omitted if the context makes clear what is being indicated. ex. Jessica had three dollars; Janie, one. exclamatory statement - ANSWER a sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise. first person - ANSWER indicates "I" or "we" as the subject of the sentence