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Great Speech on Barbara Jordan’s Statement on the Articles of Impeachment

Discuss Great Speech Assignment Example Introduction outline Noun Clauses

Noun Clauses take the place of a noun or pronoun within an independent clause.

To be subordinate, it is introduced by one of the relative pronouns: who/whoever, whom/whomever, whose,

which/whichever, that

Or When, where, why, how, whether

Examples of Noun Clauses

I believe that we’ve met before. (direct object)

His preposterous delusion is that we’ve met before. (complement: predicate noun)

That we have met before is an impossibility. (subject)

More Noun Clauses

I bet you say that to whoever catches your eye across a crowded room. (object of a preposition)

I don’t make a habit of giving whoever claims previous friendship my phone number. (indirect object)

Types of Sentences Simple: The lithium worked. Compound: The lithium worked and the mania

subsided. Two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating

conjunctions or semi/colons Complex: As the lithium took effect, the mania

subsided. One independent clause and one or more dependent

clauses Compound-complex: As the lithium took effect, the

mania subsided and the depression lifted. A compound sentence with one or more dependent

clauses

Find the dependent clauses!

Police in Minneapolis arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two counterfeit $16 bills.

Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

If she were life-sized, Barbie’s measurements would be 39-23-33.

In order to avoid an attack by a vampire, you should eat as much garlic as possible, keep a crucifix close by, and avoid cemeteries.

Ice cream will actually make you warmer rather than colder because it contains so many calories.

Even more clause labeling!

A man in South Africa shot his friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting cans off each other’s head.

A Los Angeles man who later said he was “tired of walking” stole a steamroller and led police on a 5-mph chase until an officer stepped aboard the steamroller and brought the vehicle to a stop.

The writer Oscar Wilde made this statement about Niagara Falls: “Every American bride is taken there, and the sight must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments of married life.”