A group of sentences that tell about the main idea

Paragraph

Language Arts Terms

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A verb that shows an action that has already happened

Past Tense

A group of words that does not have a subject or predicate

Phrase

Names more than one person, place, or thing

Plural Noun

A noun that shows ownership. It is formed by adding an apostrophe and s to a singular noun

Possessive Noun

May be used in place of a possessive noun

Possessive Pronoun

Tells what the subject of a sentence does or is

Predicate

A word that shows the connection between other words in a sentence, such as at, for, with, or after

Preposition

A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

Prepositional Phrase

A verb that shows action that is happening now

Present Tense

The way in which writers share their writing with an audience

Presentation

The part of the writing process when the writer chooses a topic and plans the composition

Prewriting

A word that replaces one or more nouns

Pronoun

The part of the writing process when the writing is checked for mistakes

Proofreading

An adjective formed from a proper noun and capitalized

Proper Adjective

A word that names a particular person, place, or thing

Proper Noun

The part of the writing process when writers make a final copy of their composition

Publish

The goal of the composition

Purpose

Punctuation use before (“) and after (“) a direct quotation

Quotation Marks

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