English(3rd1st) Flashcards
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Who is the author of ‘‘The Finger of God’’?
Percival Wilde
Who are the characters in ‘‘The Finger of God’’? (3)
Strickland, Benson, The Girl
Has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. It may consist of one or more scenes
one-act play
The origin of most one-act plays may be traced to the very beginning of drama, an early example?
ancient Greece, Cyclops, a satyr play by Euripides
Are verb forms ending in -ing used as nouns.
gerunds
A gerund plus the word it modifies is called a?
gerund phrase
Who is the author of ‘‘Together for Life’’?
James Michener
Contains a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence
independent clause
Contains a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence.
dependent clause
Contains only one clause, an independent clause. It may contain several modifying phrases.
simple sentence
Contains more than one independent clause and has no dependent clauses. The independent clauses are joined by commas and coordinating conjunctions or semicolons
compound sentence
Simply means that the sentence has only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. It has nothing to do with how complicated a sentence may appear
complex sentence
Contains two or more independent clauses and atleast one dependent clause
compound-complex sentence