AP Syntax Quiz

Syntax is

• comparison of two unlike things.

• the arrangement of words in a sentence.

• an important literary device.

• extreme exaggeration.

Syntax includes (check all the correct responses)

• word order

• sentence length

• sentence parts

• punctuation

Sentence structure controls _______ and ______

• spelling and grammar

• verbal pacing and focus

• meaning and understanding

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship is a _________.

part of speech that connects clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

• adverb

• conjunction

• pronoun

• adjective

A clause that can stand alone is an ________ clause.

an independent clause with no conjunction or dependent clause

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

• compound-complex

A subordinate, or dependent, clause (may be more than one correct answer)

• adds information to the independent clause

• is the most important part of the sentence

• is signaled by use of a subordinating conjunction (after, although, if, because)

• combines with an independent clause to create a simple sentence.

We call the group of coordinating conjunctions that link independent clauses to create compound sentences

• POWER

• RIGHT

• FANBOYS

• ABCDE

An appositive or noun phrase

• must be a complete sentence

• renames or defines another noun

• doesn't need to be enclosed with commas