Sentence: Eugene was playing a make-believe baseball game while his cousin was studying her history lesson.
Subjects:
"Eugene"
"his cousin"
Predicates:
"was playing a make-believe baseball game"
"was studying her history lesson"
Remember that the doer of the action is the<u> subject</u> while the<u> predica</u>te is <u>the part of the sentence containing the action.</u>
2. Which is an independent clause?
Sentence: Eugene was playing a make-believe baseball game while his cousin was studying her history lesson.
Independent Clause:
"Eugene was playing a make-believe baseball game"
An independent clause is <u>a type of clause that stands on its own.</u> It has a subject and a predicate and has a complete thought. The sentence above is connected by a "subordinating conjunction" (while). The dependent clause is "while his cousin was studying her history lesson."
Repetition is a literary device in which a word or phrase is used multiple times. Repetition can be found throughout literature. Most commonly, it is found in poetry and speeches to create rhythm or emphasize a word or phrase.
