daily edit 15-21 quiz 4

punctuation

when referring to a word or phrase and not actually using it for its meaning, put it in quotation marks

luminous

having the ability to cause light

appositive phrase

identifies another phrase or noun

direct address

speaks directly to something

capitalization

do not capitalize letters after semicolons and colons

incarnate

to make something real/ in the flesh

possessive punctuation

s'=possession by plural nouns ending in "s" s's= possession by singular nouns ending in "s"

reductive

characterized by leading back to simplicity

subject/verb agreement

"Neither-nor" separates 2 subjects, keeping them singular and requiring a singular verb.

indoctrinate

the act of pulling someone into a group via or with teaching

prepositional clause

something in relation to something else (cloud trick)

compound adjectives

hyphenate compound adjectives (multiple words making a single adjective)

degradation

the quality of putting someone down to a lower step

redundancy

"probably" and "likely", mean the same thing so both are not needed

fidelity

quality of faithfulness and truthfulness

comma splice

"however" cannot pair 2 independent clauses so it must be either; or, + fanboys

elucidate

to cause light to be shown on something