1. PHRASE VS. CLAUSE  Phrase: a group of words working together.  Before dinner  The brown cat  Jumping behind the desk  Clause: a group of words containing both a subject and a verb.  Stars danced  After we eat  Stella walked to the store.

2. TYPES OF CLAUSES  Independent: contains a subject and a verb, and can stand alone as a complete thought. Independent clauses are complete sentences.  Jim studied at the Sweet Shoppe for his quiz.  Dependent: contains a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone as a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a complete sentence.  When Jim studied at the Sweet Shoppe for his quiz

3. LITERARY TERMS  Theme: a unifying idea in a work.  Motif: a recurring object that contributes to the theme.  Denouement: the final resolution of the main conflict.  Narrator: the person telling the story.

4. LITERARY TERMS  Point of view: the position of the narrator in relation to the story.  1 st person: narrator participates in the action (I, we, me, etc.)  2 nd person: addresses the reader using ‘you’, ‘your’, etc.  3 rd person limited: the narrator knows everything about one or two characters.  3 rd person omniscient: the narrator knows everything about all characters.