Instruction
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Applying Verb Mood to Rhetoric
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Use the drop-down menus to answer each question.
Hans is creating a script for a school safety video about emergency evacuation procedures. Which verb mood would
he use?
Shiboni wants to use the indicative verb mood for an assignment. What would be a good topic and format?
Sandra's speech to persuade the school board to improve food quality includes, "Why do students have to eat this
food? Don't we deserve better? What effect does this verb mood create?
Jorge is writing a text to his brother that says, "Can you come over soon?" He wants to change it to the imperative
mood to sound more urgent. Which rewrite would fit?

the correct answers for those are imperative an article on crime prevention a feeling of frustration get over here as soon as you can

Explanation: the imperative mood is used to instruct viewers on emergency procedures

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.