CLEP College Composition Chapter 1
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8 Terms
Define clause.
A clause is a subject and a predicate.
Describe a simple sentence.
A simple sentence consists of a subject and a predicate, which is the verb.
Describe a dependent clause.
A dependent (or subordinate) clause is one which can not stand alone/make sense on its own.
Describe a compound sentence.
A compound sentence consists of two independent clauses joined together by a conjunction.
Describe a complex sentence.
A complex sentence consists of an independent/main clause and a dependent/subordinate clause, joined together by a conjunction or other connectiv word like who, that, which, etc.
Describe a compound-complex sentence.
A compound-complex sentence is one which has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Define parallelism.
A parallelism is when a word that is repeeated in a sentence functions the same way in another part of the sentence, typically a conjunction or a gerund.
Give an example of words commonly used to set up parallelisms.
Whether, or, and.