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The Clause and Sentence Classification

The Clause and Sentence Classification. Chapter 4. The Clause. Independent Clause Subordinate Clause Adjective Clause Noun Clause Adverb Clause Elliptical Clause. The Clause. Definition: A group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

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The Clause and Sentence Classification

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  1. The Clause and Sentence Classification Chapter 4

  2. The Clause • Independent Clause • Subordinate Clause • Adjective Clause • Noun Clause • Adverb Clause • Elliptical Clause

  3. The Clause • Definition: • A group of words that contains a subject and a verb. • Two types: Independent and Subordinate (dependent)

  4. Independent Clause • Definition: • A clause that expresses a complete thought. • Example: • It’s peanut butter jelly time.

  5. Subordinate Clause • Definition: • A subordinate (or dependent) clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone in a sentence. • Examples: • After you go to the party • When you ask him out

  6. Subordinate Clause • Three types • Adjective clause • Noun clause • Adverb clause

  7. Adjective Clause • Definition: • A subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun • Answers the questions Which one? Or What kind? • Examples: • The only one of the seven dwarfs who does not have a beard is Dopey. • I found a quiet, secluded place where we can meet.

  8. Noun Clauses • A subordinate clause that functions as a noun. • It can act as the subject, direct object, indirect object, object of preposition, predicate nominate, or appositive. • Example: • No one understands why experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it. • Where the candy is hiddenremains a secret.

  9. Adverb clause • A subordinate clause that modifies a verb, adjective or adverb. • It answers the question where?, Why?, When? To what extent?, Under what condition? or In what manner? • Examples: • Wherever she goes, she leaves a piece of luggage behind. • Bob enjoyed the movie more than I did.

  10. Elliptical Clause • A clause that intentionally omits words for conciseness • The social climber feared the judgment of the decorator more than the cost of the project. • Insert the missing subject and verb “he (or she) feared” after the word “than.” • The other members of the demonstration were as angry as I. • Insert “was” after “I”

  11. Sentence classification • Four types of sentences • Simple • Compound • Complex • Compound-Complex

  12. Simple Sentence • One independent clause • One subject, one verb • Example: • A cannibal was eating a clown.

  13. Compound sentences • Two or more independent clauses • Joined by: • A coordinating conjunction: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so • semicolon (;) • Example: • The cannibal was eating a clown; he said, “does this taste funny to you?”

  14. Complex Sentence • One independent clause and at least one subordinate (dependent) clause. • Example: • After the cannibal ate the clown, he dined on an Eskimo pie.

  15. Compound-complex sentence • At least two independent clauses and at least one subordinating (dependent) clause. • Examples: • When the heat comes, the Eskimo pie melts, and the cannibal dines on Italian.

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