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INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
DEPENDENT CLAUSES
APPOSITIVE PHRASES
PARTICIPIAL PHRASES
MISCELLANEOUS
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What are the three things that an independent clause must have?
subject, verb, and complete thought
100
What are the two things that a dependent clause must have?
subject and verb
100
What types of words does an appositive describe?
Nouns and pronouns.
100
What type of words do participial phrases describe?
Nouns and pronouns.
100
Is the following sentence a claim? Cinderella's sisters, all of them jealous of her beauty, forced her to work around the house like a slave.
Not a claim - explicit in the text.
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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.
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What does a dependent clause NOT have that an independent clause does?
A complete thought.
200
What kind of phrase is an appositive? In other words, what part of speech must it have in it?
It is a noun phrase. There always must be a noun in an appositive phrase that describes another noun.
200
Is the capitalized word a part of a participial phrase or is it the verb of the sentence? Desperate and alone, the man DECIDED to call his ex-girlfriend to check in.
VERB.
200
What are some characteristics of Puritan literature?
serious, about God versus Devil, instructional, not imaginative
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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.
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What is the name of the type of word that comes at the beginning of a dependent clause?
Subordinate conjunction.
300
Is the capitalized part of the sentence an appositive? If so, what does it modify? If not, why not? SMELLY AND MOLDY, the sweater was not wearable after it was left in the washer for over a week.
No, those are adjectives and an appositive is a noun phrase.
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Is the capitalized word a part of a participial phrase or is it the verb of the sentence? The chicken that I ordered, FRIED beyond recognition, should not have been SERVED to me.
FRIED - participle SERVED - verb
300
How does Romantic literature differ from Enlightenment literature?
Enlightenment literature was about reason, while Romantic literature often emphasizes imagination.
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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.
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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.
400
Is the capitalized part of the sentence an appositive? If so, what does it modify? If not, why not? Mr. McGregor, A KIND AND GENEROUS MAN, told his family that he'd be taking them to Hawaii.
Yes, it modifies Mr. McGregor.
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Is the capitalized word a part of a participial phrase or is it the verb of the sentence? TIRED from the long workout, Jim, a dedicated weight lifter, SIGHED loudly as he SAT on the couch.
TIRED - participle SIGHED - verb SAT - verb
400
Name at least 5 types of literary theory we've studied, and be ready to explain what they are.
Reader Response theory Marxist theory Feminist theory Postcolonialist theory Historical theory Formalist theory
500
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.
500
Find the dependent clause in the sentence below: The farmer chose to keep his pigs, all of them very mean and loud, in a pen indoors, a pen that would muffle the sounds of their oinking.
Dependent clause: there isn't one.
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Is the capitalized part of the sentence an appositive? If so, what does it modify? If not, why not? We looked all over for the camp counselor, Mr. Macdonald, A BEARDED MAN WHO SHOULD'VE BEEN HARD TO MISS.
Yes, it describes Mr. Macdonald. When it says "man," that is a noun used to described another noun, Mr. Macdonald.
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Is the capitalized word a part of a participial phrase or is it the verb of the sentence? Grandma, ANNOYED by the video games playing in the background, ANNOYED me when she TOLD me to turn them off, RUINING my time.
ANNOYED (1) - participle ANNOYED (2) - verb TOLD - verb RUINING - participle
500
List at least 4 ongoing themes in American literature.
American dream Rites of Passage - Coming of Age Loneliness, Isolation, and Alienation Naturalism - The Indifferent Universe Protesting Injustice American Materialism Critiqued Being an American: Who is One?