Relative clauses

• What is a relative clause?


  A dependent clause that modifies a noun or noun phrase.
• What introduces a relative clause?


   A noun, pronoun, or adjective.
• What are the two types of relative clauses?


  Restrictive and nonrestrictive.
• What is the purpose of a restrictive relative clause?


   To provide essential information that defines something in a sentence.
• What happens if you remove a restrictive relative clause from a sentence?


   It changes the core meaning of the sentence.
• In the sentence, "It needed but a glance with the peculiar expression that his face often wore," which part is the restrictive relative clause?


  "that his face often wore" is the restrictive relative clause.
• What is a nonrestrictive clause?


  A nonrestrictive clause adds non-defining information about a noun or noun phrase.
• How is a nonrestrictive clause punctuated in a sentence?


  It is usually separated by commas
• Can a nonrestrictive clause be removed without changing the sentence's meaning?


  Yes, it can be omitted without altering the core meaning.
• What does the example sentence demonstrate?


  It shows a nonrestrictive clause providing supplemental information about an expression.
• Identify the nonrestrictive clause in the example: 


  ”which his face often wore" is the nonrestrictive clause.