Choose one paragraph from To Kill a Mockingbird that uses a variety of clauses and phrases. Identify and label at least three different kinds of clauses and phrases in the paragraph.

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.  When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he  was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his  right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his  thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and  punt.

* Note that dependent clauses are clauses that cannot stand on their own (they do not express a complete idea). Main clauses, on the other hand, can stand alone in a sentence and present a complete thought.

the characters in string all have major secrets that they strive to avoid revealing throughout the play.

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