MAP Test Vocab - Language

A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause.

The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences...writing so that your story makes sense!

A clause within a complete sentence that CANNOT stand alone as a complete sentence.

A piece of poetry.

The noun that receives the action of the verb; "Do you have the books?" "The books" are this...

Shows that more than one person owns something (the kittens' toy, the boys' locker room)

A sentence that states the purpose of a paper or essay...

Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma.

Does not express a complete thought...

Something that joins or connects.

A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.

The "voice" used to show that the subject of the sentence is performing the verb.

A word formed from a verb, used as an adjective (go is going, gone; be is being, been)

A verb (like is, are, was, or were) that links the subject with the complement of a sentence...

A sentence having NO coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses.

Words that are different, but have the same meaning...

A phrase beginning with a preposition, like above, under, across, over, with, through...