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WRITING WORKSHOP FOR MULTILINGUAL SPEAKERS AND WRITERS Language Learning Center Matthew David Collins Pizzorno Adjunct Faculty Palomar College and ALCI: CSU San Marcos
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Language Learning Center. Writing Workshop for Multilingual Speakers and Writers. Matthew David Collins Pizzorno Adjunct Faculty Palomar College and ALCI: CSU San Marcos. Slaying more Grammar Demons: Punctuation and Parallelism in Academic Writing. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WRITING WORKSHOP FOR MULTILINGUAL
SPEAKERS AND WRITERS
Language Learning Center
Matthew David Collins PizzornoAdjunct FacultyPalomar College and ALCI: CSU San Marcos
Slaying more Grammar Demons:
Punctuation and Parallelism
in Academic Writing
• Work with our understanding of Academic Sentences to understand what grammar mistakes are commonly made.
• Use your knowledge of Simple Sentence Structure to expand your knowledge of more complex academic sentences.
• Began to understand the comma and semi-colon…..and beyond!!!!!
Upon finishing this workshop, you will be able to:
Sentence Type #1: The Simple Sentence1.Subject/Verb: Fresh Water boils at
100 degrees Celsius.
2.2 Subjects/Verb: Fresh water and sea water do not boil at the same temperature.
3.Subject/2 Verbs: Fresh Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius and boils at
100 degrees Celsius.
4.What other combinations can you think of??
Let’s Put some new concepts into
Practice…
Sentence Type #2: The Compound Sentence
1. Coordinator (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so: FAN BOYS)
Too much sun damages the skin, but many people do not use sunscreen
2. Semicolon and Conjunctive Adverb (See Photocopy)
Too much sun damages the skin; therefore, we should remember to use plenty of sunscreen.
3. Semicolon
Too much sun damages the skin; we should remember to use plenty of sun screen
Understanding a Compound Sentence helps understand…
• Parallelism……
Parallelism Examples…
