Syntax

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Syntax

• The formal arrangement of words in a sentence.

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Syntax

• We will use traditional grammar terms to identify
  syntax.
• Parts of a sentence we will use.
• Verb the action or state of being of a sentence.
  An action verb
• Ziona hated her teacher.

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Syntax

• Verb A verb can also express a state of being.
• Kealii was the laziest boy in 11th grade.

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Syntax

• The subject is the word or words that answer
  who or what before the verb.
• Keira decided on her hair color in the late
  afternoon.

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Syntax in a poem

• Apparently with no surprise to any happy flower,
  the frost beheads it at its play .

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Subject and verb

• Apparently with no surprise to any happy flower,
  the frost beheads it at its play.

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Modifier

• Apparently with no surprise to any happy flower,
  the frost beheads it at its play.

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Tone

• The speakers attitude towards his audience, his
  subject, and/or himself.
• Tone is conveyed by diction, imagery, and syntax.
  
• When the speaker selects certain words, images,
  or orders them he is showing his feelings.

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See if you can guess the speakers tone.

• Im sure that Trevor would like to pass this
  course, but he comes late to class, puts his head
  on his desk, and hums bars to rock and roll
  songs. He is not a student or a learner he is a
  space-taker.

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Guess again

• Ann is prompt, exact, and sensible. Her books are
  carefully stacked and her papers are organized.
• Lexi is pushy,persnickety, and insistent on her
  logical position. She spends minutes of her class
  time lining up the edges of her books and putting
  her papers in order according to color.