Key GM Terms

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Across
  1. 1. words, facts, or ideas in a text that explain a difficult or unusual word
  2. 5. has two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
  3. 7. a reference book that provides the precise, or exact, meeaning
  4. 12. the foundation of a word
  5. 13. a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies/describes
  6. 15. not the literal meaning
  7. 18. words and phrases that surround another word and help to explain its meaning
  8. 19. using a phrase or word that repeats something else and is unnecessary
  9. 20. contains a independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses
Down
  1. 2. contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
  2. 3. an alphabetical list of words and phrases and their meanings
  3. 4. using the correct word when there is a choice
  4. 6. a phrase or clause that is not clearly
  5. 8. adjectives that appear in a sequence to modify the same noun
  6. 9. writing marks that help to separate and clarify ideas
  7. 10. expresses a single complete thought and contains a subject and a verb
  8. 11. a group of words that contains a subject and a verb
  9. 14. the set of rules for language
  10. 16. letters that are added to a root word that change its meaning
  11. 17. a group of words working together as a unit