Independent clause

sentence structure consisting of two independent clauses and one dependent clause. “As Stoker published his novel,” is acting as an adverb clause at the beginning of the sentence and is to be diagrammed beneath the first independent clause “the narratives of the book animate the idea about the sexual nature of women.” The adverb clause is connected with the word “as” written along the dotted line. The second independent clause is connected to the first clause by the coordinating conjunction “for”

Compared to Rovell, Mattern chose to use very basic sentence structures that would be easy for a juvenile level reader to understand. Mattern often uses short independent clauses that include a variety of subject, verb, and object sentence constructions. Which on occasion include limited use of dependent clauses creating a complex sentence. Mattern However, in doing so she missed several critical events in Gatorade's history that aid in telling a more complete story. For example “So by 1971, UF filed

As the Disc Flies Fog fills the air; it’s early morning and I still cannot believe I woke up this early. I align myself on the concrete tee. I take three steps forward and launch the small rubber disc. It was a bad throw. My friends burst into laughter as I watch as the disc veer off course and come to a crashing halt in a thicket of trees just ten feet from the tee. That foggy morning was back in July and was the first time I had ever played a game of disc golf. Since that first game I have practiced

Mumford and Sons’ “The Cave” and John William Waterhouse’s painting “Ulysses and the Sirens” both show temptation through their powerful ideas. (Simple Sentence). They both give off a whole concept that makes the audience come back for more and analyze what is really happening. During “The Cave”, Mumford and Son’s include “The harvest left no food for you to eat/ You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see/ But I have see the same/ I know the shame in your defeat” (Mumford 5-8). The mood in these lines

Higher Skill for The Next Level Looking at my background as a student from Indonesia writing and knowing that English is not my first language makes me unconfident about myself, and I had a problem mainly in structuring my sentence and grammar. When I first came to De Anza I did not have any confidence about my writing, and after I took the placement test I was placed in EWRT 211 and I took it this summer. The first day I came to the class, I felt so frightened that I could not do well in the essays

Exercise 1 The Things They Carried EXCERPT ① 1. How is the term common secret typical of the phrasing of this whole passage? How is run or freeze or hide also typical of the excerpt's phrasing? In which sentences does O'Brien's phrasing seem especially clear, direct, and simple, and why is such phrasing so effective? How would you describe the tone of this passage? How might the tone easily have been quite different? For instance, how could it have been highly emotional and melodramatic? Why

Is writing always difficult? How I should know, right now I can barely tell the difference between a comma splice and a run on sentence. Strengths, weaknesses, and source of help: These are all of the ways I plan on becoming a better writer. As it may seem I am not a writer of all weaknesses. I do have some strengths. My strengths as a writer a few, but I try my best with what I have. What went well in my reflection paper? I did a good job on my paper length and MLA formatting. I was able to set

Competent Language Usage Essentials (C.L.U.E.) Diagnostic Test Form A Name ______________________________________________ Score __________________ Grammar: In the space provided, write the letter indicating the word that correctly completes each sentence. Use only one answer for each question. ___ 1. If I (a) was (b) were you, I would take the job. ___ 2. She dropped off her report when she (a) come (b) came over last week. ___ 3. A list showing all the documents prepared for the

on to the rules of comma i.e. do’s and do not’s to the use of Comma, let us take a quick recap through the basics that contribute towards the formation of a sentence i.e. sentence structures. -Clause -Phrase -Compound Sentences Sentence Structure - Clause, its Types & definitions What is a Clause ? A clause is a collection of words such that it contains both a subject and a verb complementing

Nowadays, English has a significant role in the society. Person in the world has been aware about the usefullness of English because of that role. The people are enthusiastics to be able to use English in their lives. Therefore, the major of English has been one of the most favorite majors for the learners, especially in the university level. Moreover, this fact makes a great impact on the number of the learners that want to take major of English. In learning English, actually, the learners will