Week #13 (clauses) Day 1 Sentence‐combining (identify clauses):  JFK was elected in 1960.  I was nine years old.  I thought that he was such an eloquent speaker and writer.  He would be an amazing President. Analysis: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Day 2 Sentence‐combining (identify clauses):  The trench warfare of World War I was horrific.  Some 10 million men died fighting in the war.  Generals used tactics that were decades old.  They ignored the technological advances.  These advances made the tactics obsolete. Analysis: The armistice ending World War I, which began at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, was commemorated by an annual holiday, which was first named Armistice Day and then later Veterans Day. Day 3 Sentence‐combining (identify clauses):  William Faulkner was a native of Oxford, Mississippi.  He is arguably our greatest novelist.  As I Lay Dying is one of his brightest achievements. Analysis: When I see buzzards circling, I think of As I Lay Dying; in that novel the buzzards follow Addie's coffin on its journey as her family conveys her to town. Day 4 Sentence‐combining (identify clauses):  Abraham Lincoln was perhaps our greatest President.  He served the nation in its darkest hour.  He preserved the Union.  At the same time, he empathized deeply and painfully with all those to whom the Civil War brought great anguish. Analysis: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."