A noun phrase consists of words wherein the noun is the main word plus its modifiers. A noun phrase is classified into two: a basic noun phrase and a complex noun phrase. A basic noun phrase contains only the pre-modifier and the noun head. Whereas, the complex noun phrase consists of the pre-modifier, the noun head and the post-modifier. In the given phrases above, the complex noun phrases are as follows: A busy restaurant, with white, bright lights and uncomfortable head seats, that make you eat quickly.
An "iamb" is a word or set of words that goes 'da-DAH', like "my KNEE",
or "your FACE", or "his DOG", or "come HERE".
Many poems have the same rhythm (beat) in each line, and there are different
rhythms they can have. I can show you that, if I take a poem you know, and
recite it first with the correct beat, and then with the wrong beat.
Here's the correct beat:
MAH-ree HAD a LIT-tle LAMB its FLEECE was WHITE as SNOW.
For the wrong beat, let's use 'iambs' like I explained up above:
ma-REE had A lit-TLE lamb ITS fleece WAS white AS snow.
If a poem is in the rhythm of "iambic tetrameter", then each line is
made out iambs, and there are 4 of them ("tetra") in each line.
Now I have to try and find an example for you. Thank you very much.
I'll make one up. Remember, an iamb goes 'da-DAH":
my DOG came IN-to SCHOOL one DAY
and CHASED the HAM-sters ALL a-ROUND.
the PRIN-ci-PLE came IN-to CLASS
and TOOK my DOG down TO the POUND.
(The dog 'pound' is the shelter for stray dogs.)
Tissues can't tell jokes--
Because they have a dry sense of humor!
What did the ketchup say to the refrigerator when somebody opened the door?
"Hey close the door! I'm dressing!"
If i could rearrange the alphabet--
I would put U, and I together!
Um.. I think there's something wrong with my phone..
It doesn't have your number on it.
I wish I was cross-eyed--
So I can see you twice!
I wanted to take pictures of the fog this morning--
but I mist it! ... I guess I'll dew it tomorrow!
LOL CRINGE
