Dependent clause

8011A Basic Grammar And Composition PRINT EXAM [pic] 1.  Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in the following sentence:   The only NCOs who are authorized to carry a sword are Marine NCOs. (A) Adjective (B) Noun ccccccccccccccccccccc (C) Adverb (D) Preposition (E) Conjunction [pic] 2.  Nouns, pronouns, and verbs share these characteristics: (A) voice, tense (B) person, voice (C) person, number ccccccccccccccccccccc (D) number, mood [pic] Matching:  Select

the sense that it cannot stand by itself. It does not contain even one independent clause. There are several reasons why a group of words may seem to act like a sentence but not have the wherewithal to make it as a complete thought. It may locate something in time and place with a prepositional phrase or a series of such phrases, but it 's still lacking a proper subject-verb relationship within an independent clause: In Japan, during the last war and just before the armistice. This sentence accomplishes

* AP English Language and Composition Multiple Choice Fridman’s “America Needs its Nerds” Teacher Overview AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board. The College Entrance Examination Board was not involved in the production of this material. ® Copyright © 2009 Laying the Foundation , Inc., Dallas, TX. All rights reserved. Visit: www.layingthefoundation.org Multiple Choice Leonid Fridman’s “America Needs Its Nerds” (References the 2008 AP* English Language Exam Question 2,

AP Literary and Rhetorical Terms 1. 2. alliteration- Used for poetic effect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. The following line from Robert Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night provides us with an example of alliteration,": I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet." The repetition of the s sound creates a sense of quiet, reinforcing the meaning of the line 3. allegory – Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something

future (especially on your papers, where these errors WILL be counted off for).  Comma Splice -- Commas are tricky because there are so many different ways you can use them, but one of the most common ways to use commas is to separate two main clauses that are connected by a coordinating conjunction. That just means that when you join two things that could be sentences on their own with a word such as

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mother 's Blue Bowl by Alice Walker. Paragraph 19, line 1-5.) The first sentence is a complex sentence because it is made up of an independent clause "the bowl stood there", "no matter how deeply or rapaciouly we dipped". And a dependent clause "seemingly full forever", "as if it had no bottom". It is a long sentence because it has several subordinate clause. The second to fourth sentence are fragment sentences: it is an incomplete sentence. It lacks a subject, it consists of a verb "dipped" and an

make. This occurs when the writer joins two independent clauses without the use of proper punctuation. This is important for several reasons. Since it is the most common error, learning how to correct it will

Throughout my years in school, I did not feel that I was the best writer, my writing seemed terrible and to make it feel better, it showed in my writing. I did not begin to see major improvement in my writing until I took Advanced Placement English & Composition this last year. Before, I received little to no feedback from my instructors concerning my writing. My previous teachers would stamp my papers with a grade without letting me know what I needed to work on to be an excellent writer. When I

A Semester’s Worth of Work and Growth Even the smallest changes to a paper can become a great improvement. From the first papers completed at beginning of this course to the last papers submitted far more recently, my sentence structure, grammar, and syntax visibly improved. During the first few weeks of the course I struggled with the exclusion of verbs and tenses I used far more often than I realized. “Using passive voice to avoid attribution is, therefore, a problem. Fortunately, the solution