First They Killed My Father Film Analysis of Stealing Rice
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Part 1: Grammar
Question 1
1.
What two things must an IC have?
Question 2
2.
A prepositional phrase is a "phrase", which means it does not have a subject and a verb (fix your last answer if you choose prepositional phrase).
What two things make up a prepositional phrase (consider what we have been practicing in class these past two weeks)
For questions 3-5, you will be combining the IC (independent clause) with the prepositional phrase to give more details about the simple subject. An example is below:
EXAMPLE:
Indepenednt Clause= The small child was so hungry she stole.
Prepositional Phrase= with big eyes
ANSWER= The small child with big eyes was so hungry she stole.
Question 3
3.
See the example above to guide you.
Indepenednt Clause= The dog was crying for food from the table.
Prepositional Phrase= with a spot on his ear
Question 4
4.
See the example after question 2 to guide you.
Indepenednt Clause= The wind seemed to be blowing the sun out of the water.
Prepositional Phrase= from the west
Question 5
5.
See the example after question 2 to guide you.
Indepenednt Clause= The fierce helicopters seemed to be creepily watching everything below.
Prepositional Phrase= in the sky
Question 6
6.
Directions: Fix the comma splice, by replacing the comma with a period. Don't forget to capitalize the first word in a sentence after you add your period.
The adults with their children were running to safety, the rest of the children crawled under the cabins in fear.
Question 7
7.
Directions: Fix the run-on by adding a period. Don't forget to capitalize the first word in a sentence after you add your period.
Loung Ung is the author of First They Killed My Father she now lives in America with her two children.