Defining Clauses and Sentence Structure

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Group of words with a subject and predicate used in a sentence.

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Clause

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Has a subject and predicate, stands alone as a sentence.

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Independent Clause

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__________________ has one main clause and no subordinate clauses.

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Simple Sentence

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_________________________ has two or more main clauses and no subordinate clauses.

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Compound Sentence

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A subordinate clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb is called an:

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Adverb Clause

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Makes a statement

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Declarative Sentence

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Strong emotion expressed

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Exclamatory Sentence

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More than one main clause and at least one subordinate clause.

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Complex Sentence

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Two or more complete sentences as one.

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Run-on sentence.

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Has a subject and predicate, but cannot stand alone.

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subordinate, dependent, clause