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Essential and Nonessential Clauses

Essential and Nonessential Clauses. Mr. Fleming English II Objective: Using correct comma usage, we will be able to revise sentences containing nonessential clauses. Essential vs. Nonessential. If something is essential , what is it? Essential : required or necessary

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Essential and Nonessential Clauses

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  1. Essential and Nonessential Clauses Mr. Fleming English II Objective: Using correct comma usage, we will be able to revise sentences containing nonessential clauses.

  2. Essential vs. Nonessential • If something is essential, what is it? • Essential: required or necessary • The suffix non- makes the word nonessential the opposite of essential. • Nonessential: not required or necessary

  3. Essential Clause • Essential clause: the information in the clause is necessary to the understanding of the sentence • Essential clauses will tell you which one. • The garage that my uncle built is falling down. • The person checking tickets at the counter asked for a form of identification. • The woman who interviewed you is my sister .

  4. Nonessential Clause • Nonessential clause:Use commas before and after nonessential clauses that interrupt a sentence without changing the essential meaning. • Nonessential clauses will tell you more information about the subject • Whichis a signal word for nonessential clauses. • The novel, which I really enjoyed, deserves a second read. • My uncle, who is eighty years old, walks three miles every day. • CFU: What is the purpose of nonessential clauses? Why would you incorporate them in your writing?

  5. The Big Question • If you leave out the clause or put it somewhere else in the sentence, does the essential meaning of the sentence change? If so, the element is essential; if not, it is nonessential.

  6. Examples John Lucky who lives across the street from me won the California Lottery. Born in Los Angeles Troy Ginn was educated at USC and later became a respected researcher there. The sophomores who pass the CAHSEE with a score of 380 or higher will receive extended lunch privileges.

  7. More Examples • The shoes that were on sale are all sold out. • My brother Michael who is in the Army came to visit me. • After waxing the floors in the cafeteria Robert then began emptying the lockers.

  8. Closure: What did you learn. . . What are some characteristics of nonessential and essential clauses? How can you determine the difference between a nonessential clause and an essential clause? Write a sentence on your own that contains a nonessential clause. Go ahead and write another sentence that incorporates an essential clause!!!

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