Prep. II Brainbuster Crossword Test

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Across 1. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence. 3. The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. 5. A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within a portion of writing. 9. An ungrammatical construction in which two or more independent clauses are improperly joined without a conjunction or appropriate punctuation. 10. The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases, clauses, or sentences. 11. A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or word group. 13. A mark of punctuation (;) used to connect independent clauses. 14. A modifying clause or phrase placed so awkwardly as to create ambiguity or misunderstanding. 16. A section of writing consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story.

Down 1. A section or type of writing illustrating than an action or event will produce a certain folliwing event or sequence. 2. A sentence of two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by a conjunction or conjunctions. 4. A type of essay in which a thing, word, procedure, object or event is concisely explained in detail throughout the essay. 5. A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a quotation, explanation, or a list. 6. The part of speech that is used to name a person, place, or thing. 7. A distinctive division of written or printed matter that begins a new, usually independent, section. 8. A word or phrase placed typically before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb, adjective, or another substantive. Examples: "at," "by," "with," "from," "in regard to." 12. The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or other word. 15. The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurence.

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