He didn’t believe in slumber parties or sock hops, which wasn’t a big concern as I never got invited to them anyway, but he refused to drive me to town for football games, pep rallies, or Beta Club car washes, which were held on Saturdays. He did not care that I wore clothes I made for myself in home economics class, cotton print shirtwaists with crooked zippers and skirts hanging below my knees, outfits only the Pentecostal girls wore. I might as well have worn a sign on my back: I AM NOT POPULAR AND NEVER WILL BE. I needed all the help that fashion could give me, since no one, not a single person, had ever said, “Lily, you are such a pretty child”, except for Miss Jennings at church, and she was legally blind. I watched my reflection not only in the mirror, but in store windows and across the television when it wasn’t on, trying to get a fix on my looks. My hair was black like my mother's but basically a nest of cowlicks, and it worried me that I didn’t have much of a chin.
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2-He did not care that I wore clothes I made for myself in home economics class, cotton print shirtwaists with crooked zippers and skirts hanging below my knees, outfits only the Pentecostal girls wore.
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ii- that I wore clothes I made for myself in home economics class, cotton print shirtwaists with crooked zippers and skirts hanging below my knees, outfits only the Pentecostal girls wore. IX = Dependent Clause = Re-cursivity (Omitted that)
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5-I watched my reflection not only in the mirror, but in store windows and across the television when it wasn’t on, trying to get a fix on my looks.
in store windows and across the television= PP Adv (Compound Nouns) = Prep+ Adj + Head + Conj. + Prep + Det + Head – where?
when it wasn’t on = II, trying to get a fix on my looks.
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trying to get a fix on my look = VII= Adverbial Clause = Participle (Why? / purpose) + to + infinitive+ Det + Head + Prep + Possessive Pronoun + Head(I was trying to get ….) VII
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i-I watched my reflection not only in the mirror, but in store windows and across the television VII = Independent Clause
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