Know Your Keywords — Writing
Point 0A — Sentence Structure Identification
What do we see?
A sentence or clause to be classified as an independent clause, a dependent clause, or a phrase.
What do we understand?
| What do we see? | What do we understand? |
|---|---|
| Complete meaning | IC |
| Relative pronouns (who, which, that, etc.) | Fragment (DC) |
| Subordinating conjunction (while, because, etc.) | Fragment (DC) |
| Preposition at the beginning of a fragment | Fragment (Phrase) |
| Participle at the beginning of a fragment | Fragment (Phrase) |
| Noun at the beginning of a fragment | Fragment (Phrase) |
DCs and phrases are referred to collectively as fragments.
Question 1 of 10
Newly recovered Viking artifacts in Norway dated to around 800 CE and linked to early Norse settlements may suggest that trade routes between Scandinavia and the British Isles were established nearly two centuries before historians had previously believed, a discovery that, if confirmed, would challenge longstanding models of early medieval commerce in Northern Europe.
Identify the structure of the bolded portion: