English 1105 Pace test study set

Sentence

The basis of all written or spoken communication

Sentences are made up of

words, phases, clauses

how many kinds of words, parts of speech

8

Does a phrase have both a subject and a verb, and function as a part of speech.

No

Three kinds of phrases

verb, verbal, prepositional

The three kinds of verbals

Gerund, participle, infinitive

Verbal phrases may have

A object, or words that modify the verbal.

Clause

a group of words with a subject and a verb.

Two types of clauses

independent and dependent

Simple sentence

One independent clause

Compound sentence

Two independent clauses

Complex sentence

One independent clause and one dependent clause.

Relative pronouns

who, whom, whose, which, that

Adjective clause

Introduced by relative pronoun

Adverb clause

introduced by subordinating conjunctions

Clause

A group of words with a subject and a verb

Independent clause

Part of a sentence that can stand alone

Dependent Clause

Cannot stand alone as a sentence

Main clause

Another name for independent clause

Subordinate clause

Another name for a dependent clause

Simple sentence

One independent clause standing alone

Compound sentence

Two independent clauses joined together

Complex sentence

Independent clause and dependent clause joined together

Noun clause

A dependent clause that functions as a noun

Adjective clause

A clause introduced by a relative pronoun

Adverb clause

A clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction

Subordinating conjunction

Introduces adverb clause

Relative pronoun

Introduces an adjective clause

Two lines that rhyme

Rhymed couplet

Three lines written together as a stanza

tercet

Four lines written together as a stanza

quatrain

Lyric Poetry

emotion

Narrative poetry

tells a story

Three ways poetry and music are alike

Form, rhythm, melody

2 things poetry has and prose does not

Rhythm, rhyme

Prose

Any writing that is not poetry

A form of writing that often uses imagery, rhyme or rhythm to create an emotional response.

Poetry

Meter

poetic rhythm

noun clauses start with

whose, who, whoever, what, whatever, which, whichever, where, when, how, that