element of a sentence that describes/qualifies some other element
modifiers
modifies adjectives and adverbs; phrase and dependent clause
modifiers
comes before noun
attributive
directly modified noun
attributive
comes after the linking verb
predicative
linking verbs
“be”
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
sensory
feel, look, smell, sound, taste
state of being/change
appear, become
adjective and any additional info linked to it; work to describe noun/pronoun
adjective phrases
dependent clauses; provide decriptive info about noun/noun phrase
adjective clauses
adjective clauses are introduced by
relative pronoun/adverb
relative pronoun
relative adverb
modify verb, adj., adv., clause
adverbs
group of words that function as an adverb in a sentence
adverbial phrase
no clear subject
dangling
describes something farther
misplaced
misplaced adverb/phrase (describes two)
squinting