unit 1 Flashcards
who represents?
subject
subject who* verb*
whom represents?
object
*object *whom noun
( long sentence ) ( single short sentence )
curt, unhappy
( short sentences )
heighten suspense
( long complex sentence )
insightful argument
detailed
( long sentence with continuous phrases/ clauses )
reflective moment
(series of long sentences)
dreamy atmosphere
no fullstops
1st use of past progressive (main definition)
events that continue over some time in the past
longer periods of time
relative clauses as postmodifiers
provides additional information about people, places or things
similes and metaphors
enliven characters and create vivid scenes
varied sentence structures and sentence lengths
convey different ideas such as tone and atmosphere
simple past
does not show when it happened in the past-
past/ present
no future
relative pronouns
who, whom, whose, which, where, when, that
BE verbs
be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being
what is past progressive made up of
tense+aspect
tense
tells audience whether an event took place in the past or present
no future
was/ were
aspect
tells our audience whether an event is completed or still happening
preffix+suffix
2nd use of past progressive
indicates an action in progress that was interrupted by another action
3rd use of past progressive
describe background action(s) in a narrative
4th use of past progressive
describe change/growth
what happens when you add adverbs to past progressive
adds detail
noun phrase
pre-modifiers+post modifiers/pre-modifiers/post-modifiers
restrictive
helps audience identify a particular place, person or thing
no use of comma
non restrictive
tells us more about something+does not help us identify a particular place, person or thing
use of comma
dont start with ‘that’
simple sentence/clause
subject+verb
subject+verb+object
subject+verb+object+adverbial of frequency(eg: every morning)
at least 1 indepedent clause
compound sentences
(simple sentence), (coordinating conjunction)(simple sentence)
at least 2 independent clauses (2 simple sentences)
complex sentences
main clause (independent clause) + at least 1 subordinate clause(dependent clause)
subordinating conjunctions(SC)
when, because, unless, although
subordinating conjunctions
when, because, unless, although
coordinating conjunctions(CC)
For
And
Neither/nor
But
Or
Yet
So
conjunctions
join 2 clauses (independent and dependent) to become 1 sentence
connectors
connects 2 separate sentences to form 1
