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| Traditional story of historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon |
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| A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase whose referent is the recipient of the action of a verb |
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| A small booklet or leaflet containing information about a single subject. |
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| Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing. |
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| A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object -ex) on Tuesday; ex) if you ever, |
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| Writing written as if the action is happening now. |
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| It fails to be a sentence in the sense that it cannot stand by itself. It does not contain even one independent clause |
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| Comparison of two things using "like" or "as" |
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| The continual and ever-changing use and definition of words in informal conversation, |
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| Phrases that begin with: cause, as, because, in order, since... |
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| Infromation and details that back up the main point. |
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| Something that stands for and represents something else. ex) American flag = patriotism |
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| The way you say something. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. |
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| A letter that is used when one party wishes to express appreciation and gratitude to another party. |
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