INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
What are the three things that an independent clause must have?
subject, verb, and complete thought
What are the two things that a dependent clause must have?
subject and verb
What is a brief remark meant for the audience?
aside
Heather went outside, and she grabbed the newspaper. Which type of sentence is this?
compound
Cinderella's sisters forced her to work around the house like a slave. Internal or external conflict?
External Conflict
What is the independent clause in the sentence below? Although the characters in the novel were annoying, some of them more than others, we liked reading the book.
independent clause: We liked reading the book.
What does a dependent clause NOT have that an independent clause does?
A complete thought.
What is the term for what leads to a main character's downfall?
tragic flaw
She took her dog running and then fed him.
Simple
The ending -er is associated with which degree of adjective?
a. positive
b. comparative
c. superlative
d. ablative
comparative
What is the independent clause in the sentence below? Tired from a night in the woods, Rip Van Winkle, a man who loved to sit around all day, stretched, finding himself stiffer than he would have thought in the morning.
Independent clause: Rip Van Winkle stretched.
What is the name of the type of word that comes at the beginning of a dependent clause?
Subordinate conjunction.
What is the term for a long speech delivered by one character and unheard by other characters?
soliloquy
Susan was happy when she got her test score back; she jumped up in the air with joy.
Compund-Complex
What is language that appeals to the senses?
Imagery
Find the independent clause in the sentence below: Benjamin Franklin, one of our country's founding fathers, liked to keep a journal, a book that tracked all his virtues and vices each day of the week.
Independent clause: Benjamin Franklin liked to keep a journal.
What is the dependent clause in the sentence below: The people in the bleachers, most of them women, were cheering for the team because they wanted to attend the post-game celebration.
Dependent clause: because they wanted to attend the post-game celebration.
What is the term for a long speech delivered by one character and heard by other characters?
monologue
Sue studies before a test, but Sam waits.
Compound
What is the word for an extended narrative poem?
epic
Find the independent clause in the sentence below: William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, a story about a man who strives for and attains power at all costs, has been popular for years, although the character himself is unappealing to most readers.
Independent clause: William Shakespeare's play Macbeth has been popular for years.
Find the dependent clause in the sentence below: The farmer chose to keep his pigs, who were very mean and loud, in a pen indoors, a pen that would muffle the sounds of their oinking.
who were very mean and loud
What is the term for the turning point that determines how the play will end? (Shakespeare)
Climax
I can grab it for you if you are late.
Complex
What is the term for the insights or meaning about life that a literary work conveys?
Theme