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Name: ________________________ Date: ____________

Participles vs. Gerunds

Directions: For each sentence below, determine if the underline word is a

participle or a gerund. Remember: participles act like adjectives, whilegerunds act like nouns.

1. The candidate getting the most votes wins the election.

P or G? _________________

2. After resting for an hour, you will feel much better.

P or G? _________________

3. Reading a good novel always makes me happy.

P or G? _________________

4. learing his throat, !ill began to give his speech.

P or G? _________________

5. They enjoyed taking long walks on the trail.

P or G? _________________

6. "e won#t eat any of the turkey roasting in your oven.

P or G? _________________

7. $is profession, teaching %nglish to immigrants, occupied a great deal of his time.P or G? _________________

. &ary#s downfall is eating snacks between meals.

P or G? _________________

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!peec"es and #"etorical $ppeals

A ''''''''''''''''' is when a character says a speech to '''''''''''''''''''''.

A ''''''''''''''' is when a character says a speech '''''''''''' (talking to

 ___________ ).

"e can remember our three types of purpose by saying '''''''''''''.

•  This stands for '''''''''''''''''', '''''''''''''''', and

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 There are many di*erent ways to persuade the reader. "e call them

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up, we call it a ''''''''''''''''''''.

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