1. What I saw in the closet left me speechless.
= subject
Here, the noun clause is <em>What I saw in the closet. </em>This clause is used as the subject of the sentence. So, you can replace the entire clause with one simple word - <em>he. </em>For example: <em>He left me speechless. </em>This way you can easily determine that the first word (or rather the entire clause in the example above) is the subject.
2. When I was six, I learned how to swim.
= direct object
The noun clause here is <em>How to swim. </em>Even though this may look like an adverbial clause, it is not because it has the function of a direct object (which only noun clauses can). You can easily determine that this is a direct object by asking the question - <em>what? </em>For example: <em>What did I learn when I was six? </em>And the answer is: <em>How to swim. </em>This way you know it is an object.
3. I was caught between what my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do.
= object of a preposition
Here, the noun clauses are <em>What my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do. </em>They are objects, but not regular objects (like in sentence 2 above). Given that they are located after the preposition <em>between, </em>they are called object of a preposition.
4. The scary movie I watched is what kept me awake that night.
= predicative nominative
Predicative nominative is a word, phrase, or an entire clause following a linking verb (such as to be, to seem, etc.). In the example above, the linking verb is <em>IS, </em>and the clause following it <em>What kept me awake that night </em>is the predicative nominative.
C. personification. hope this helps :)
How was the proclamation of 1763 good for British and Native American relations? It helped keep relations between Native Americans and settlers peaceful. The king sent 10,000 troops to the colonies to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 and keep the peace with Native Americans.
Situational irony is when an event doesn't turn out as expected. Throughout the story, the reader expects Mr. Mallard to be dead so when he opens the door at the end it is situational irony. The story could still be ironic if he had actually been dead if Mrs. Mallard died at the end. Just when she gets her freedom to live for herself, she dies of a heart attack is situational irony because her death is unexpected in the plot line.
This aphorism means that “injuries” (which can be related to problems, disagreements, a harmful or painful situation) can be easily disappear just as dust do with a simple puff of air). On the other hand, the benefits you get by experiencing a conflict or a worrying situation will last for ever in the same way a craftsman caves into marble. All in all, people should look at the good side of things rather than the negative ones.
