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In the sentence 'The scientist, who won the award, published her findings,' what type of clause is 'who won the award'?
Answer: A nonrestrictive relative clause
A nonrestrictive relative clause adds extra information and is set off by commas.
Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'She was ___ tired that she fell asleep immediately'?
Answer: so
'So...that' is the correct correlative construction when followed by an adjective.
What literary device is used in 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
Answer: Personification
Personification gives human qualities (whispering) to a non-human thing (wind).
Which sentence uses the correct form of 'lie' and 'lay'?
Answer: She laid the book on the desk yesterday.
'Laid' is the past tense of 'lay' (to place something), used correctly here.
What does the suffix '-ology' mean?
Answer: study of
The suffix '-ology' comes from Greek and means the study of a subject, as in 'biology.'
Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?
Answer: They wanted to eat, drink, and be merry.
Parallel structure requires that all items in a series use the same grammatical form.
What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
Answer: A clause contains a subject and verb; a phrase does not
A clause contains both a subject and a predicate, while a phrase lacks one or both.