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== Sentence ==
== Sentence ==
* a complete thought that contains at a minimum a subject (or an implied subject) and a verb
* a complete and grammatically correct thought that contains at a minimum a subject (or an implied subject) and a verb
** i.e., "I shop." = a complete sentence
** i.e., "I shop." = a complete sentence and thought.
** "Go!" = the subject, usually, "you" is implied
*** this form of a command is called an "imperative" or "exclamatory" sentence.
* sentence complexity is created around the core '''Subject Verb Object''' by adding:
* sentence complexity is created around the core '''Subject Verb Object''' by adding:
** clauses
** clauses
** modifiers
** modifiers
** phrases
** phrases
** prepositions
** prepositions, etc.
** etc.  
=== categories of sentence purposes ===
* declarative sentence
**  = a statement or "declaration" of fact or firm opinion
** ex. "I need to eat now."
* exclamatory sentence
= a statement of urgency or emotion
** also called an "exclamation"
** ex. "That really hurt!"
* interrogative sentence
** = or a question or a request
** ex. "Is it raining?"
** includes rhetorical questions, such as "Why does it have to rain now?" (which may also be delcarative
* imperative sentence
** = a or command
** may also be an exclamatory statement
** ex., "Get to work!"


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== Grammar lesson plans ==
== Grammar lesson plans ==