Phrase or Clause?
What is a phrase?
Part of a sentence, not a full sentence.
Write a simple sentence.
Something like this: Hello, my name is Ms. Hagins.
Just a basic sentence without a bunch of details.
What is a direct object?
Where (is/are) you right now?
Are.
A comparison using like or as
Clause.
Write a compound sentence.
Something like this:
I love going to the river, it always is clean and has a nice smell to it.
2 independents.
What is an indirect object?
An object that is in the way of our sentence's subject.
Annie and Rita (run/runs) the track at their school very morning.
Run.
What is a close read?
Doing more with a story than just reading it.
Is this a clause or a phrase?
Honey, where is my super suit?
(From The Incredibles)
Clause.
Write a complex sentence.
For today, I will only eat breakfast and lunch.
1 dependent and 1 independent.
What is the direct object in this sentence: Carl gave Nolan a watch for his birthday.
Watch.
I (know/knows) where to find a great book.
Know.
What is an allusion?
Talking about someone or something famous.
Where is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
Just around midnight, I finally fell asleep.
Around midnight.
What is the indirect object in this sentence: The skeleton in the front yard made Hunter scream and run away from the horror house.
Skeleton.
I walks into the forest when it is bright, and I see the sun shining bright on the land.
It should be walk.
What is imagery?
Puts a picture of something in your head, or pulls on one of the five senses.
Where is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
Ty doesn't play around about his curly fries, if you go towards his fries, you are going home without a finger.
Towards his fries.
What sentence structure is this? I cannot deal with your attitude today Arthur, so annoying, Arthur you cannot just dump spaghetti on someone's head that you don't like.
Compound-complex.
(2 independent plus 1 dependent)
What is the indirect object in this sentence? The dating show contestant gave the man a rose.
Create a subject verb agreement probem.
Something like:
Carl (fight/fights) with his sister all the time.
What does subjective mean?
Based on your opinion, not fact. Theme works out this way.