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Sentence Type #2

Interrupting Modifier Between S and V Subject (,) modifier (,) verb . Subject – modifier – verb . Sentence Type #2. The Use of Modifiers. Writers use modifiers to: Add Description Vary Structure Emphasize Details Increase Readability. The Use of Modifiers.

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Sentence Type #2

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  1. Interrupting Modifier Between S and VSubject (,) modifier (,) verb.Subject – modifier – verb. Sentence Type #2

  2. The Use of Modifiers • Writers use modifiers to: • Add Description • Vary Structure • Emphasize Details • Increase Readability

  3. The Use of Modifiers • Writers should aim for variety in the length, type, and location of modifiers. • Participial Phrase: often begins with an “-ing” form of a verb • Appositive Phrase: identifies or renames an adjacent noun or pronoun • Absolute Phrase: resembles a complete sentence with a missing auxiliary verb

  4. Participial Phrases • Quickly he builds a small fire and then skins the rat, shaving off the skin a strip at a time. - Jennifer Toth • My parents were still at the table, drinking coffee. - Annie Dillard • Nudging the shade aside with the rifle barrel, I followed people in my sights as they walked or drove along the street. - Tobias Wolff

  5. Appositive Phrases • He walks behind a raised bunker, a ten-foot-high concrete wall that once served as a rest and tool shack for track maintenance workers. - Jennifer Toth • It was a helter-skelter stampede, a headlong rush in circles. - Paul Auster • A thin, tough, leathery membrane that encases the brain, the dura is dark pink, almost red. - David Noonan

  6. Absolute Phrases • Feet squeaking on the floor, we worked out until I had the moves down cold.-Tobias Wolff • "Right or left?" I yell into the darkness, my fright verging on panic. - Jennifer Toth • His head is shaved, his eyes and nose taped shut.- David Noonan

  7. Sentence Type #2 (,) Subject, Modifier, Verb. • A small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, can make millions think. • Donuts and Danish pastries, popular breakfast foods, contain little nutrition. • Typewriters, once common in schools and offices, are rarely seen or used now.

  8. Sentence Type #2 (–) Subject, Modifier, Verb. • Wolves – once feared and killed – are being reintroduced into the environment. • The Mustangs – fighting and struggling – came from behind to win the game.

  9. Sentence Type #2 • As a class, we will fill in the blanks: • The students, _____________________, did not want to read The Odyssey. • Odysseus, with ___________________, was able to defeat the one-eyed giant, Polyphemus. • The teacher – _____________________ – wanted her students to do their best.

  10. Sentence Check: Got it? • If you get confused as to whether or not you have a complete sentence, there is a trick to figure it out.

  11. Sentence Check: Got it? • Take the middle part, the modifier: • The angry student, throwing papers and stomping, refused to do their work.

  12. Sentence Check: Got it? • …and do this: (Delete the modifier!) • The angry student, throwing papers and stomping, refused to do their work. • The angry student refused to do their work. • The commas go away and it turns into a subject + verb sentence.

  13. Sentence Type #2 • You should now have the ability to write a sentence that contains a modifier. • Remember the trick to check whether or not it is a complete sentence…DELETE THE MODIFIER! • We will create a sentence wall and the patterns will remain on the wall for the year. Soon…I promise.

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