Glossary

adverb clause	clauses built around adverbs; answer questions such as how and when?



command and exclamation sentences	sentences that either directly order (command) or express intensity of feeling or emotion (exclamation). Ex. of a command: Turn on the oven! Ex. of an exclamation: I'm thrilled!



coordination	joining equal sentence parts to form a compound sentence. Ex.: Aaron likes ice cream, and he eats a lot of it.



essential adjective clauses	clauses that would change the meaning of the sentence if they were left out



infinitive phrase	a sentence built around an infinitive--a verb with the word to. Ex.: To sleep, Jim needed a soft pillow.



participial phrase	a phrase consisting of a participle--a verb form ending with -ing, present tense, or -ed, en, -n ending, past tense--and words that describe a noun or pronoun



prepositional phrase	a phrase beginning with a preposition, such as by, above, over or with



subordination	joining two unequal sentence parts to form a complex sentence. Ex.: Aaron likes ice cream because it tastes so sweet.

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