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Summer Slows Down: Writing Perspectives from the North Woods

Explore the essence of time slowing down in the North Woods during summer, with insights on the purpose of writing and the art of annoying with quotes from Donnelly and Amis. Learn about using commas after openers and subordinating conjunctions.

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Summer Slows Down: Writing Perspectives from the North Woods

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  1. When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down. Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing. Kingsley Amis, The King’s English

  2. When summer comes to the North Woods, times slows down Time slows down.

  3. There is little point in writing. If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing Kingsley Amis, The King’s English

  4. Use a comma after an introduction or opener Introductory word groups function as adverbs – telling when, how, why, or under what conditions the main action of the sentence occurred.

  5. When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down. Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light The comma tells the reader that the introductory clause or phrase has come to an end, and the main part of the sentence is about to begin.

  6. If there were an Olympic contest for talking, Shelly Stalls would sweep the event. Flipped, pg 16 If there were an Olympic contest for ____________, __________ would sweep the event.

  7. AAAWWUBBIS!

  8. When I was little,

  9. Subordinating conjunctions AAAWWUBBIS lthough s fter hile hen ntil/Unless ecause efore f ince

  10. Calvin and Hobbes rested on the tree branch. Although school had begun, Calvin and Hobbes laid lazily in the tree.

  11. Warm by the fireside, Calvin and Hobbes enjoyed their afternoon reading the Sunday comic.

  12. Use a comma to set off an opener. Opener, sentence .

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