Star Wars Episode VII ATTACK OF THE PHRASES (You

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Star WarsEpisode VII ATTACK OF THE
PHRASES(Youll need to know these like the back
of your hand for Comp next year, so pay
attention)Pg 66-79
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The Phrase

• A phrase is a group of related words that does
  not have a subject or a predicate instead it
  functions as a part of speech.
• There are five phrase types prepositional,
  appositives, participles, gerunds, and
  infinitives.

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Prepositional Phrases

• Consists of three parts preposition, its object,
  and any (if any) modifiers.
• Prepositions are found on page 23 of your text.
• Prepositional phrase always starts with a
  preposition, and always ends with the object of
  the preposition
• Ex. Star Wars is the best movie in the world.

Object of the Preposition
Preposition
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Two Types of Prep. Phrases

• Adjective Prepositional Phrase a prep. phrase
  that modifies a noun or pronoun.
• Ex. Luke Skywalker is the best hero in the
  galaxy.
• Adverb Prepositional Phrase a prep. phrase that
  modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.
• Ex. Luke Skywalker is strong in the force.

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Examples

• Luke Skywalker was raised on a moisture farm.
• He used to practice shooting wamprats with his
  T-16.
• Luke wanted to go with Obi-wan Kenobi to rescue
  Princess Leia from the Death Star.
• Luke and Obi-wan had to hitch a ride from Han
  Solo in the Millennium Falcon.
• Luke has a lightsaber with a blue blade.

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Appositive Phrases

• An appositive is a noun or pronoun that
  identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.
• Ex. After Luke blew up the Death Star, the
  Rebellion moved their base to the ice-planet
  Hoth.
• There are two types of appositives essential and
  nonessential.
• Nonessential appositives are always set off by
  commas.
• Ex. Lukes sister, Leia, secretly has the hots
  for Han Solo.

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Examples

• Han Solo flies his ship, the Millennium Falcon,
  to try to escape from the Empire.
• Luke goes to the planet Dagobah to find the old
  Jedi Master Yoda.
• Han Solo eventually goes to find his old friend
  Lando Calrissian.
• Lando owns his own floating city, Cloud City.

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Verbals

• A verbal is a word that looks like a verb but
  acts like something else, such as a noun,
  adjective, or adverb
• There are three types of verbals participles,
  gerunds, and infinitives.
• A verbal phrase consists of the verbal, any
  modifiers, and any complements

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Participle Phrases

• A participle looks like a verb, but acts like an
  adjective
• Participles come in two forms past and present
• Ex. Saving his own butt, Lando turns Han Solo
  over to Darth Vader.
• Participles can be removed from a sentence, and
  the sentence will still make sense.

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Examples

• Valued for his knowledge of the force, Yoda
  teaches Luke some neat tricks.
• Driven by the Emperor, Darth Vader sets a trap
  for Luke.
• Wanting to save his friends, Luke goes to Cloud
  City, floating in the sky.
• Battling Darth Vader, Luke learns the terrible
  truth about his father.

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Gerund Phrases

• A gerund looks like a verb but acts like a noun.
• A gerund ALWAYS ends in ing.
• Ex. Luke tried escaping Darth Vader by jumping
  into the abyss.
• Like a noun, a gerund can act in many ways
  (memorize this list) subject, direct object,
  indirect object, predicate nominative, object of
  the preposition

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Examples

• Looking for Han Solo is the reason that Luke goes
  back to Tatooine.
• After freeing Han Solo, the Rebels try sneaking
  on the Imperial bas on Endor.
• The result of doing so was that Luke was captured
  by Darth Vader, again.
• This time, however, Darth Vader ends up taking
  Luke to see the Emperor.

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Infinitive Phrases

• An infinitive is a verb form that ALWAYS starts
  with the words to verb that acts like a
  noun, adjective, or adverb
• Ex. To wipe out the Rebellion, the Emperor sets
  a trap for the Rebel fleet.

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Examples

• To turn Luke to the dark side of the force is the
  Emperors intention.
• Luke tries to kill the Emperor, but Darth Vader
  stops him.
• Eventually, to save his dark soul Darth Vader
  turns on the Emperor and save his son, Luke, from
  certain death.
• Escaping the Emperors trap the Rebel fleet is
  able to fly into the Death Star to knock out its
  main reactor.

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Placement of Phrases

• When a phrases is acting as a modifier, the
  phrase must be placed near the word it modifies
  in order to avoid confusion (called a misplaced
  modifier).
• Also, make sure the word being modified is in the
  sentence (called a dangling modifier).
• Ex. Lando Clarissian blew up the Death Star in
  the Millennium Falcon.

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Examples

• Some people think that Star Trek is better than
  Star Wars, called Trekkies.
• Using faulty logic, claims could be made that the
  Enterprise could defeat a Star Destroyer.
• This crazy idea never really caught on with
  normal people, making sense only to Trekkies.