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Writing: Understanding the Author’s Craft

Writing: Understanding the Author’s Craft. Debra Myhill . Grammar for Writers. The noun and noun phrase in narrative fiction. Noun Phrases for Description. Change the noun to a Proper Noun: Joe Capaldi Change the noun to another common noun : figure

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Writing: Understanding the Author’s Craft

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  1. Writing: Understanding the Author’s Craft Debra Myhill

  2. Grammar for Writers The noun and noun phrase in narrative fiction

  3. Noun Phrases for Description • Change the noun to a Proper Noun: Joe Capaldi • Change the noun to another common noun : figure • Add one adjective to the common noun: silent figure • Decide whether you want a definite or indefinite article: a silent figure • Add a relative clause: a silent figure, who was wearing a bowler hat, • Remove the relative clause and add a non-finite clause: a silent figure, wearing a bowler hat, • Remove the non-finite clause and add a prepositional phrase: a silent figure, with a black umbrella, • Remove the prepositional phrase and add two adjectives joined by ‘and’ : a silent figure, alert and watchful • Remove the adjectival pair and add an adjective modified by an adverb : a silent figure, clearly angry • Experiment with variations on the above

  4. Building Noun Phrases Building detail before the noun (pre-modification):

  5. Building Noun Phrases Building detail after the noun (post-modification):

  6. Grammar for Writers Exploring Modality in argument

  7. Modal verbs • Modal verbs express modality: likelihood, ability, permission, and obligation • Express a range of meaning from possibility to certainty can could will would shall should might may must ought to

  8. Modal adverbs • There are a huge range of adverbs in English which express modality (possibility-certainty) perhaps surely certainly possibly probably clearly obviously definitely maybe indisputably putatively plausibly undoubtedly undeniably assuredly conceivably inevitably

  9. Exploring Modality Imagine that you are Roy Hodgson talking to the England team before the penalty shoot-out in the Euro 2012 match against Spain. Write your team ‘pep talk,’ arguing that it’s still possible to win, using modality to persuade them of this possibility. can could shall should might may must will would ought to perhaps surely certainly possibly probably clearly obviously definitely maybe indisputably putatively plausibly undoubtedly undeniably assuredly conceivably inevitably

  10. Write two versions of the closing paragraph of a persuasive speech using these 6 sentences. Why are we doing this? Otherwise, calm down and go home – please. I lost my son. Blacks, Asians, Whites – we all live in the same community. Step forward if you want to lose your sons. Why do we have to kill one another?

  11. I lost my son. Blacks, Asians, Whites – we all live in the same community. Why do we have to kill one another? Why are we doing this? Step forward if you want to lose your sons. Otherwise, calm down and go home – please.

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