English(3rd1st) Flashcards

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Who is the author of ‘‘The Finger of God’’?

A

Percival Wilde

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Who are the characters in ‘‘The Finger of God’’? (3)

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Strickland, Benson, The Girl

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Has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. It may consist of one or more scenes

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one-act play

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The origin of most one-act plays may be traced to the very beginning of drama, an early example?

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ancient Greece, Cyclops, a satyr play by Euripides

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Are verb forms ending in -ing used as nouns.

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gerunds

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A gerund plus the word it modifies is called a?

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gerund phrase

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Who is the author of ‘‘Together for Life’’?

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James Michener

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Contains a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence

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independent clause

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Contains a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence.

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dependent clause

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Contains only one clause, an independent clause. It may contain several modifying phrases.

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simple sentence

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Contains more than one independent clause and has no dependent clauses. The independent clauses are joined by commas and coordinating conjunctions or semicolons

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compound sentence

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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

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complex sentence

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Contains two or more independent clauses and atleast one dependent clause

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compound-complex sentence

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