Direct/Indirect Objects & Prepositional Phrases
Participles & Appositives
Independent/Dependent Clauses
Relative Clause/Misplaced Modifier
Syllabus
100

Identify the direct object in the following sentence.

Joshua's dog ate grass.

grass

100

Identify the participle in the following sentence

Frightened, Riley ran away from the monster.

Frightened

100

Dependent clauses usually start with a subordinating conjunctions.

2 examples of subordinating conjunctions are...

after, although, because

despite, even though

if, rather than, since

so that, though

unless, until, while

100

Relative clauses start with relative pronouns. Name 3 examples of a relative pronoun

Who, Whom, Whose
Whoever, Which, That

And sometimes: What, When

100

The number of absences allowed for SI

3 absences

200

What part of speech is missing in the following sentence?

Jesus broke a ____.

direct object

200

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.

Shivering in the cold, Lana went inside to drink some hot chocolate.

Shivering in the cold

200

Is the following an independent or dependent clause?

After Uyen took a photo for Lana

Dependent Clause

200

Identify the relative clause.

Lana Theodore, who is not to be confused with Lana Del Rey, is a student in ENGL 113A.

who is not to be confused with Lana Del Rey

200

The location of the Learning Resource Center (LRC)

Library, 3ird floor

300

Identify the indirect object in the following sentence.

Ishmum gives Myli a soda.

Myli

300

Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence.

Marquel Bradley, the writing student in ENGL 113A, wrote an excellent essay.

the writing student in ENGL 113A

300

Identify the dependent clause.

Konalta did his homework while listening to music.

while listening to music

300

Correct the misplaced modifier.

Drowned in butter, Gatsby enjoyed some pasta.

Gatsby enjoyed some pasta drowned in butter.

300

The person who must receive documentation that you completed your mandatory LRC writing session

Your SI instructor

400

Identify the indirect object in the following sentence.

Danielle passes Joelly a note under the desk to give to Adrianna.

Joelly

400

Identify the appositives in the following sentence.

Your writing professor, Tim, is older than your SI instructor, Tammy.

Tim

Tammy

400

Identify the independent and dependent clauses

After Darius recommended Grey's Anatomy, Stephanie watched the whole first season on Saturday.

Independent - Stephanie watched the whole first season on Saturday.

Dependent - After Darius recommended Grey's Anatomy

400

Correct the misplaced modifier.

Falling off of the table, Jesus reached for the bowl of cereal.

Jesus reached for the bowl of cereal, falling off of the table.

400

A way you can make up 1 absence during the semester

Hint: There are 3 ways

Attend your SI instructor's office hours

Go to an LRC workshop

Attend an LRC writing tutoring session (separately from your mandatory visit)

500

Identify a prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

Danielle passes Joelly a note under the desk to give to Adrianna.

under the desk

or

to Adrianna

500

Is the following appositive restrictive or nonrestrictive?

The CSUN student, Jacob, sometimes wears a hat

restrictive

500

Identify what kind of sentence this is.

Because the students had a grammar quiz, their SI instructor prepared a review presentation, and they also had the class play a review jeopardy game.

Compound-complex sentence

500

Identify the relative clauses in the following sentence.

Alex, whose favorite show is Gilmore Girls, was excited to meet Alexis Bledel, who plays Rory.

whose favorite show is Gilmore Girls

who plays Rory

500

The joke at the bottom of the welcome letter

Let's eat, Dave.

vs

Let's eat Dave.