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APPOSITIVES: An appositive is a noun or noun phrase placed beside _______ noun or noun phrase in a sentence to explain it/describe it.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

APPOSITIVES: Appositives *usually start with words called noun _______.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

MODIFIERS: In misplaced or dangling modifiers, the phrase that describes/modifies a noun is in the _____ place!

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

• SERIES: Place a comma after each item in the series, except the last.

• The final comma is called the ______ comma.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

• SERIES: Series sentences can be written with adjectives, but… ​These sentences are long, boring, and lame.

  • ​Instead, use two adjectives, and ________ them with a comma!

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

COMPOUND: A compound sentence contains two ___________ clauses joined together to form a single sentence.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

COMPOUND: An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence and still make _____.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

COMPLEX: Spoilers take perfectly good independent clauses and spoil them to be _________!

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

COMPLEX: Place a comma after the dependent clause if it comes ______ the independent clause.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

COMPOUND-COMPLEX: A compound-complex sentence ________ both a compound and a complex sentence into one sentence!

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B