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FALL 2009 Lit. Analysis Grammar Clauses Title Punctuation Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions. I. Clauses. Contains a subject and a verb There are two different types. Type One: Dependent. Also known as “subordinate.”
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FALL 2009 Lit. Analysis Grammar Clauses Title Punctuation Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions
I. Clauses • Contains a subject and a verb • There are two different types.
Type One: Dependent • Also known as “subordinate.” • It contains BOTH a subject and a verb, but does NOT express a complete thought • It cannot stand alone, and beg the questions: “What?” “When?”, “Where?, “Why?,“How?”, and “Who?”
Examples: • When Todd was little • If you were right • Whenever I hurry to school See. .. these are fragments…they do NOT express a complete thought!!!!!
STOP… • Take three minutes to find ONE dependent clause in the rough draft of your literary analysis!
Type Two: Independent • Contains a subject & a verb • It also expresses a complete thought! • It CAN stand alone as a sentence!!!
Examples: • The air deodorizer is gone. • The ten of hearts is missing from the deck. • I live down the street. • See….these are all complete sentences!
Now you Try! • If the mail has come. • Mike carried the apple box. • When the door opened. • Stop and see us. • We washed the car. • While you were out.
STOP… • Take three minutes to find ONE independent clause in the rough draft of your literary analysis!
II. TITLE PUNCTUATION • As a general rule, any short/smaller work of literature is punctuated with quotation marks. This includes: • Short stories - Articles • Song Titles - Skits • Poems - Essays • Chapters
STOP… • Take two minutes to ensure that EVERY mention of your short story is in quotations, rather than underlined or italicized.
III. Coordinating Conjunctions • Conjunction – joins words, phrases and clauses • Remember the following acronym: • FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) • When using a coordinating conjunction, use a comma before the conjunction if necessary!
STOP… • Take three minutes to identify two coordinating conjunctions appropriately used in your rough draft. Remember, they will usually be preceded by a comma!
IV. Subordinating Conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions are words that connect an independent clause with a dependent clause.
Commonly used subordinating conjunctions: • After - Although • Since - Wherever • Where - Before • If - Now that • In order that /for - Only if • Whenever - Whether or not • Because - Even if • Until - As • When - Unless • While
STOP… • Take five minutes to find TWO subordinating conjunctions in the rough draft of your essay.