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The Magic Lens

The Magic Lens. Introduction to Grammar. Grammar. A way of thinking about language. Grammar. . . . lets us think about language by giving names for different kinds of words and for the different ways that words represent our thoughts and feelings. Grammar.

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The Magic Lens

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  1. The Magic Lens Introduction to Grammar

  2. Grammar A way of thinking about language.

  3. Grammar . . . lets us think about language by giving names for different kinds of words and for the different ways that words represent our thoughts and feelings.

  4. Grammar . . . is fascinating and worthwhile!

  5. 4 Four Levels of Grammar.

  6. Four Levels of Grammar • Parts of speech • Parts of a sentence • Phrases • Clauses

  7. 1) Parts of speech The parts of speech level shows us each word, one at a time, asking, “What is this word doing?”

  8. 2) Parts of a sentence The parts of a sentence levels shows use the architecture of the idea, asking, “What is being said about what?”

  9. 3) Phrases The phrases level shows us the little groups of words in the sentence, groups that pretend to be a single part of speech, asking “What part of speech is this group of words doing?”

  10. 4) Clauses The clauses level shows us whether or not more than one idea is drawn into the sentence’s design, asking “How many different ideas are connected together in this sentence?”

  11. These fragments I have shored against my ruins. Parts of Speech: adj. n. pron. v. v. prep. pron. n. Parts of Sentence: ----direct object--- subj. --------pred.------ Phrases: --prepositional phrase- Clauses: -------one independent clause, simple declarative sentence------------

  12. PARTS OF SPEECH Noun Proper/common Pronoun Subject/object Relative Demonstrative Person, 1,2,3 Adjective Degree Article Definite Indefinite Verb Tense Perfect tenses Helping verb Singular/plural Active/passive voice Action/linking Mood Adverb Conjunction Coordinating Subordinating Correlative Preposition Object of prep. interjection PARTS OF A SENTENCE PHRASES CLAUSES Sentence phrase independent Fragment prepositionaldependent Subject appositive structure Predicate verbal simple simple/complete gerund compound Direct object participlecomplex Indirect object infinitive compound-complex Subject compliment purpose predicate nom declarative predicate adj imperative interrogative exclamatory A Term Total

  13. Level One: Eight Parts of Speech

  14. Parts of Speech There are eight kinds of words: noun pronoun adjective verb adverb preposition conjunction interjection

  15. n v n n pron adj adv adv adj adj adj interj CONJ

  16. Every sentence should have: • A noun or pronoun • A verb

  17. These parts of speech are included in the noun system: • Nouns • Pronouns • Adjectives

  18. These parts of speech are included in the verb system: • Action verbs • Linking verbs • Being verbs • Adverbs

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