CLAUSES & PHRASES
RELATIVE, PARTICIPIAL, & SUBORDINATION CLAUSES
FIVE TYPES
MAIN CLAUSES
A CLAUSE THAT CAN STAND ALONE AND GIVE COMPLETE
SENSE OF MEANINGS IS CALLED INDEPENDENT/MAIN CLAUSE.
COORDINATE CLAUSES
THE CLAUSE WHICH IS JOINED TO ANOTHER CLAUSE BY THE COORDINATE CONJUNCTION IS CALLED THE COORDINATE
CLAUSE. BOTH THE CLAUSES JOINED WITH A COORDINATE CONJUNCTION MAKE GOOD SENSE AND MAY STAND BY
THEMSELVES.
RELATIVE CLAUSES
FALLING UNDER THE CATEGORY OF SUB-ORDINATE CLAUSE, THIS PARTICULAR TYPE BEGINS WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS
(LIKE WHOSE, WHICH, THAT, WHEN ETC) AND ITS FUNCTION IS TO DESCRIBE OR RECOGNIZE THE NOUN BEFORE IT.
NOUN CLAUSES
THIS TYPE OF SUB-ORDINATE
CLAUSE HAS THE PECULIAR ROLE TO FUNCTION AS A NOUN WITHIN A SENTENCE.
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
A CLAUSE THAT DOES NOT GIVE COMPLETE SENSE OF MEANING WHEN IT IS NOT A PART OF A LARGER SENTENCE
CALLED DEPENDENT/SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.
IS
TO BE TRULY BRILLIANT, AN ESSAY NEEDS TO UTILIZE THE RIGHT
LANGUAGE. YOU COULD MAKE A GREAT POINT, BUT IF IT’S NOT
INTELLIGENTLY ARTICULATED, YOU ALMOST NEEDN’T HAVE BOTHERED.
DEVELOPING THE LANGUAGE SKILLS TO BUILD AN ARGUMENT AND
TO WRITE PERSUASIVELY IS CRUCIAL IF YOU’RE TO WRITE
OUTSTANDING ESSAYS EVERY TIME.
SOME USEFUL WORD PHRASES……
GENERAL EXPLAINING
ADDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
•
IN ORDER TO
•
MOREOVER
•
IN OTHER WORDS
•
FURTHERMORE
•
TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY
•
LIKEWISE
•
THAT IS TO SAY
•
SIMILARLY
•
TO THAT END
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ANOTHER KEY THING TO REMEMBER
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AS WELL AS
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NOT ONLY
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COUPLED WITH
DEMONSTRATING CONTRAST
ACKNOWLEDGING RESERVATIONS
• HOWEVER
• DESPITE THIS
• ON THE OTHER HAND
• WITH THIS IN MIND
• HAVING SAID THAT
• PROVIDED THAT
• IN COMPARISON
• NONETHELESS
• THEN AGAIN
• NEVERTHELESS
• THAT SAID
• NOTWITHSTANDING
GIVING EXAMPLES
SIGNIFYING IMPORTANCE
• FOR INSTANCE
• SIGNIFICANTLY
• TO GIVE AN ILLUSTRATION
• NOTABLY
• IMPORTANTLY
SUMMARIZING
• IN CONCLUSION
• ABOVE ALL
• ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
SOURCES
https://www.dailywritingtips.com/clauses-andphrases/
https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/wordsphrases-good-essays.html
http://www.writeawriting.com/grammar/clause/