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2. A word used to name a person, place or thing
noun:
A word used to name a person, place or thing

3. Any word used in the place of a noun.
pronoun:
Any word used in the place of a noun.

4. A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
adjective:
A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

5. A word or words in a sentence that show action or state of being.
verb:
A word or words in a sentence that show action or state of being.

6. A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

7. subject:
The person or thing that is being talked about, written about or studied.

8. Talking about more than one person or thing.
plural:
Talking about more than one person or thing.

9. Talking about only one person or thing.
singular:
Talking about only one person or thing.

10. A word that joins words or groups of words
conjunction:
A word that joins words or groups of words

11. parts of speech:
The different jobs that words do in sentences. Some words name things, some words describe things and some words show action.

12. punctuation:
The way of using marks or symbols in writing and printing that make the written communication clearer.

13. capitalization:
Writing or printing with a capital, or large, letter or letters. Used to begin the first word of a sentence. Used when you are writing the name of a particular person, place or thing.

14. quotation marks (definition 1):
Marks that show exactly what someone has said or is saying.

15. quotation marks (definition 2):
Marks used when a word is being talked about in a sentence.

16. sentence (definition 2):
A written group of words put together in a way that communicates a complete thought. A written sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark or exclamation point.

17. A mark that is used to show surprise, strong feeling or excitement.
exclamation point:
A mark that is used to show surprise, strong feeling or excitement.

18. exclamatory sentence:
A sentence that shows surprise or strong feeling. It usually ends with an exclamation point.

19. used after a sentence that asks a question.
Question mark:
used after a sentence that asks a question.
Examples: What is your name? Where is my dog?

20. used to show surprise, strong feeling or excitement.
Exclamation point :
used to show surprise, strong feeling or excitement.
Examples: We won the game! Wow!

21. used to show that something is owned or belongs to someone.
Apostrophe (def. 1):
used to show that something is owned or belongs to someone.
This is an apostrophe: ’ Examples: the car’s tire; Maria’s bike.

22. Used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a word.
Apostrophe (def. 2):
Used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a word.
Examples: He cannot go. He can’t go. She is not going. She isn’t going.

23. Apostrophe (def. 3):
Used when writing more than one of numbers, letters and words being talked about as numbers, letters
There are two “e’s” in the word “bee.”

24. declarative sentence:
A sentence that gives information but doesn’t ask for something or give an order.

25. imperative sentence:
A sentence that asks or orders someone to do something. It usually doesn’t say the person or thing being talked to.

26. A dot used to show where the end of a sentence is.
period:
A dot used to show where the end of a sentence is.

27. interrogative sentence:
A sentence that asks a question. It always ends with a question mark.

28. apostrophe (definition 1):
A mark used to show that something is owned or belongs to someone.

29. apostrophe (definition 2):
 Used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a word.

30. apostrophe (definition 3):
Used when writing more than one of numbers, letters and words being talked about as numbers, letters or words.

31. paragraph:
One or more sentences that are connected to each other because they are about the same main idea.