Post on 14-Dec-2015
types of essays/paragraphsKnow the types and how to do them.
You will have 1 paragraph to write
Illustration Narration Description Process Analysis (giving directions)
Vocabulary (Commonly confused words) What are the MOST COMMON words
on the list?
There, Their, They’re Too, two, To
Identify Sentence vs Fragment To be a sentence it needs:
Subject (who/what is doing the action) Verb (the action) A complete thought.
Watch out for those prepositional phrases! Prepositional phrases can NEVER have the
subject or the verb!
Run-ons (Pg 145) Run-ons are independent clauses that
have been combined incorrectly. There are several types:
The AND run-on (1 and per sentence!) The Fused run-on The comma splice
We will be going into detail on each one
The and run on (pg 146)
The AND run-on: two or more relatively long independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction without any punctuation.
I met Charlyce in a yoga class a the YWCA
and we liked each other immediately and we soon became friends and we often hang out at each other’s houses.
The Fused run on (pg 146) The Fused run-on : two or more
independent clauses run together without any punctuation.
I met Charlyce in a yoga class at the YWCA we soon became friends.
Parts of Speech – particularly thePreposition (pg 41!!!!!)
Pg 41 Video -
http://ttosspon.wikispaces.com/Grammar+Rocks%21#Prepositions
Over the rainbow.
Commands and Requests
In 'commands' and 'requests' the subject is usually not stated. The predicate is the entire sentence. The pronoun 'you' is understood to be the subject. Examples are: Listen! Please see me. Be careful.
[You][You][You]
Questions Questions frequently begin with a verb or a
helping verb or the words 'who, whom, what, when, where, why,or how.' examples are: Did he reply? Have you read Nikki Giovanni's
poetry? What do they sing?
In these cases, the subject generally follows the verb or helping verb.
To find the subject of a question, rearrange the words to form a statement.
Example: He did reply. You have read Nikki Giovanni's poetry. They do sing.
Verb Verb
Verb
Inverted Sentence Order
A sentence written in 'inverted order', in which the predicate comes before the subject, serves to add emphasis to the subject.
Examples are: Under the moonlight sat the old cypress tree. Above the forest circled three hawks.
Verb
Verb
Here and There
The word 'there' or 'here is' is never the subject.
When the word 'there' or 'here' begins a sentence and is followed by a form of the verb 'to be', the subject follows the verb.
Example: Here 'areare' (P) the 'quilts' (S)from my grandma.
Rephrase it!The quilts areare from my grandmother.