CSU, Sacramento Clause or Phrase? Click on Left arrow to return to Sentence Menu or Home to return to Main Menu

Who?

Indicate whether you think the example is an Independent Clause (IC), a Dependent Clause (DC), or a Phrase by clicking in the appropriate button, but remember to check for a subject and verb before you answer. You can see an analysis of each example by clicking on the "Please Explain" button. You may also review definitions by clicking on the words at the bottom of your screen.

Clause or Phrase

1.   Dorothy and the Scarecrow danced
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

2.   if Toto could talk
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

3.   witches in dark suits wear ruby slippers
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

4.   since one size fits all girls from Kansas
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

5.   L. Frank Baum wrote the story for his daughter
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

6.   an ineffective president portrayed as a wizard
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

7.   lions and tigers and bears
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

8.   while characters represented different groups in American society
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

9.   the tin man as industrial workers
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

10.  Oz is short for ounce and referred to the gold standard
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

11.  although the city was emerald
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

12.  a gold bullion highway to prosperity and dreams
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

13.  was William Jennings Bryan a cowardly lion
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

14.  whereas small farmers were oppressed by Eastern bankers
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

15.  mounting resistance by the Grange
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

16.  purity and innocence characterize Dorothy
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

17.  blowing smoke and making noise in the great hall
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

18.  the great and powerful Oz was neither
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

19.  but Dorothy and Toto got home safely
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

20.  because Baum's allegorical story became an American classic
IC
DC
Phrase
Responses:

 

Clause or Phrase