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Day 5 Commas 4

Day 5 Commas 4. To Set Off Dialogue Set off exact words of a speaker from the rest of the sentence. Examples: The firefighter said , “When we cannot successfully put out a fire, we try to keep it from spreading.”

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Day 5 Commas 4

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  1. Day 5 Commas 4

  2. To Set Off Dialogue • Set off exact words of a speaker from the rest of the sentence. • Examples: • The firefighter said, “When we cannot successfully put out a fire, we try to keep it from spreading.” • When we cannot successfully put out a fire, we try to keep it from spreading,” the firefighter said. • Do not use a comma or quotation marks to set off indirect quotations. The words if and that often signal dialogue that is being reported rather than quoted.

  3. In Direct Address • Use commas to separate a noun of direct address from the rest of the sentence. (A noun of direct address is a noun that names a person spoken to in the sentence.) • Examples: • Hayden, did you know that an interior decorator can change wallpaper and fabrics on a computer screen? • Sure, Jack, and an architect can use a computer o see how light will fall in different parts of a building.

  4. To Set Off Interjections • Use commas to separate interjections and weak exclamation from the rest of the sentence. • Examples: • No kidding, you mean that one has to manage a class of 42 pupils? (weak exclamation) • Uh-huh, and that teacher has other classes that size. (interjections)

  5. To Set Off Explanatory Phrases • Use commas to separate extra added information to explain something within a sentence. • Examples: • English, the language computers speak worldwide, is also the most widely used language in science and medicine. • More than 750 million people, about an eighth of the world’s population, speak English as a foreign language.

  6. Homework: • Please complete worksheets pages 11 to 14. • Homework is due next class meeting. • 20 points

  7. Day 6 Commas 5

  8. To Separate Introductory Clauses and Phrases • Use a comma to separate an adverb clause or a long phrase from the independent clause that follow it. • Examples: • If every automobile in the country were a light shade of red, we’d live in a pink-car nation. (adverb clause) • According to some experts, solar-powered cars will soon be common. (long modifying phrase)

  9. In Compound Sentences • Use a comma between two independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction (such as and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet – FANBOYS) forming a compound sentence. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. • Examples: • Many students enjoy working on computers, so teachers are finding new ways to use them in the classroom. • Computers can be valuable in education, but many schools cannot afford enough of them.

  10. Avoid Comma Spices: A comma splice results when two independent clauses are “spliced: together with only a comma- and no conjunction. Homework: • Please complete worksheets pages 15 to 17. • Homework is due next class meeting. • 10 points

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