Assignment 10 (B)

8. Consider this sentence from Brian’s Hunt:

He had the bow, a laminate straight, almost a longbow, that pulled forty-five pounds at twenty-six inches’ draw.

In this case, what is “draw” and what does “pounds” refer to here?

Origin answer:
“draw” is the distance that the arrow can go and “pounds” refers the longbow what Brian has.

Revision:
“draw” refers to the string with a pulling movement and the “pounds” refers to the weight of power when Brian pulled the bow.

Assignment 10 (A)

3. Consider this passage from Brian’s Hunt:

A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called them up north, or maybe a timber Wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other.

What is the sentence type here, and why?

Origon answer:
This is a simple sentence because it has only one independent clause. The subject is “they” and the verb is “called” in this sentence.

Revision:
This sentence is not a complete complex sentence because it doesn’t have any independent clause but it has a dependent clause, “as they called them up north.” The subject is “they” and the verb is “called.” “as” is a subordinator.

Assignment #9 (B)

"On his way back with the water, he got lost on a detour around a fallen tree, and as looking for his way through the woods, he heard a voice ask from the underbruch, 'Have you anything to drink?' He saw a uniform. Thinking there was just one soldier, he approached with the water. When he had penetrated the bushes, he saw there were about twenty men, and they were all in exactly the same nightmarich state: their faces were wholly burned, their eyesockets were hollow, the fluid from their melted eyes had run down their cheeks." (P.51)

I don't understand why there are many soldiers in the woods?

Assignment #9 (A)

"Father Kleinsorge put a piece of cloth over Father Schiffer's eyes, so that the feeble man would not think he was going crazy." (P.39)

I don't understand what thing Father Schiffer thinks he was going crazy and Father Kleinsorge need to cover Father Schiffer's eyes?

Assignment #8 (B)

“It was all new, the bond, and he wondered how he could have lived his whole life and never had this, never had this closeness with another species, with a dog.” (Paulsen, P.61)

Assignment #8 (A)

“Huge tracks in wet mud, then muddy tracks in the grass, moving through low hazel brush up toward the dogs and the kennel, where the bear must have smelled the dog food, fish and beaver meat-the odor would carry with good wind for miles.” (Paulsen, P.76)

Assignment #5

1. Complex-
"I hate sharks because I think they are dangerous."
(From: http://ahhhling.blogspot.com/)

This sentence has two subject-verbs, which is "I hate" and "I think." "Because" combines one indpendent clause which is "I hate sharks," and one dependent clause which is "I think they are dangerous."

2. Simple-
"The first independent clause is “It was blowing the boat over”.
(From:http://ensl0091-251.blogspot.com/)

This sentence has only one subject-verb; the subject is "This first independent clasue," and the verb is "is," and it is independent clause.

3. Compound-complex-
"I know it has the verb had, but what is the subject."
(From: http://minh-khieu.blogspot.com/)

This sentence has one independent clause which is "I know" and two dependent clause which is "it has the verb had," and "what is the subject." This sentence, " I know it has the verb had," is complex sentence becuase it omits "that" between "know" and "it" and the sentecne should be like " I know that it has the verb had." "I know it has the verb had, but what is the subject" is compound sentence because "but" combines them.

4. Compound-
"The salt in the wood makes it slow to burn and it was difficult to light. "
(From: http://englishwitheuphrasie.blogspot.com/)

This sentence has two independent clauses which is "the salt in the wood makes it slow to burn" and "it was difficult to light." "And" combines two independent clauses, so it is compound snetence.