subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb. The following verbs are true linking verbs: any form of the verb be [am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc.], become, and seem. Then you have a list of verbs that can be linking oraction: appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain,smell, sound, taste, and turn. If you can substitute any of the verbs on this second list with an equal sign [=] and the sentence still makes sense, the verb is almost always linking.
Read these examples:
Brandon is a gifted athlete.
Brandon = subject; is = linking verb; athlete = noun as subject complement.
It was he who caught the winning touchdown Friday night.
It = subject; was = linking verb; he = pronoun as subject complement.
Brandon becomes embarrassed when people compliment his skill.
Face = subject; will turn = linking verb; red = adjective as subject complement. [Will turn is linking because if you substitute this verb with an equal sign, the sentence still makes sense.] Don't mistake a subject complement for a direct object.
Only linking verbs can have subject complements. If the verb is action, then the word that answers the question what? or who? after the subject + verb is adirect object.
When Michelle woke up this morning, she felt sick.
She = subject; felt = linking verb; sick = subject complement. [Felt is linking because if you substitute this verb with an equal sign, the sentence still makes sense.]
Michelle felt her forehead but did not detect a temperature.
Michelle = subject; felt = action verb. She feltwhat? Forehead = direct object. [Felt is action because if you substitute this felt with an equal sign, the sentence does not make sense.
The author's decision to set much of the story (d) it emphasizes the monotony of the boys' lives.
How does the author's decision to set much of the story on a school bus affect the plot?
The given question is based on B. McSwain's story "Not the Same Old." The story begins with <u>two children riding the bus every day.</u> They typically take the school bus to and from school.
According to one of the boys, it is the same every day in their neighborhood. They<u> find it boring that nothing exciting happens in their daily lives.</u>
Analyzing this situation as well, we can conclude that the:
author chose to set much of the story on the school bus in order to highlight the monotony in the boys' lives. It represents the boys' daily routines.
The correct answer is Latifa compares the Taliban's oppression to a slow death. A metaphor is when you compare two things subtly. In this case, Latifa compares the Taliban's opression to a slow death.
