Conventions of Language Arts Vocabulary

An incomplete sentence/thought. Missing either a subject or predicate.

Describes a noun. For example; beautiful, tall, blue, and interesting

The prefixes, suffixes, and root words that give clues as the meaning of the words.

This type of pronoun takes the place of a noun that receives the action.

Show direction, location, or time.

A part of speech that represents and action.

A pronoun in the subject of a sentence. Ex: I, he, she, you, it, we, and they.

A part of speech that is used instead of a noun

Words used to describe an action that is ongoing and has not stopped.

Describes a verb or other adverb and usually end in -ly.

A word that is used to combine two simple sentences. For example; and, but, or

This refers to the order in which adjectives are listed.