AP grammar vocab

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

A word or group or words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Defines a noun as specific or unspecific

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

inverted parallelism; two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of terms (i.e. "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.")

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence