I sentence you to a notetaking session on sentences

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I sentence you to a note-taking session on
sentences

• Eng 9
• 2007-2008

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What forms a sentence?

• Must be an independent clause/thought.
• Subject Verb
• Must express a complete thought
• Example
• She danced the whole time.
• Subject? Verb? Complete thought.

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The complete thought test

• A sentence is an independent, complete thought
  if
• You can walk up to someone in the hall, say it,
  and have it make sense.
• If your sentence doesnt make sense to another
  person without giving more information, you are
  dealing with a fragment, or dependent thought (a
  thought that depends on something else).

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Independent sentence clause or dependent fragment?

• Because she ran last night.
• Before we eat.
• We ate.
• We ran last night.
• When we watched the movie.
• We watched The Simpsons.

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Sentence Variety

• Why should one use more than just simple
  sentences?
• If one independent clause makes a simple
  sentence, what do two independent clauses make?

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Compound sentences

• Two or more independent clauses placed together.
• Two sentences added together as one.
• 2 simple sentences
• She ran to the store. It was closed.
• 1 compound sentence
• She ran to the store, but it was closed.

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How to join 2 sentences to make a compound

• 3 different ways
• Comma Coordinating Conjunction
• For- to show reasons
• And- to add a related idea
• Nor- to show negative
• But- to join opposite ideas
• Or- to show alternative
• Yet- to join opposite ideas
• So- to show cause and effect
• Example Diddy had a concert last night. I went.

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Practice in your notesJoin these pairs of
sentences with the correct coordinating
conjunctiondont forget commas!

• Rumors say Beyonce and Jay-zee are dating.
  Beyonces publicist denies this.
• The Chargers lost to the Patriots. The Patriots
  had some help.
• NFL plays on Sunday nights. I did not finish my
  English homework.

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2nd way to combine sentences

• USE A SEMI-COLON
• Join the sentences below using a semi-colon.
• NFL plays on Sunday nights. I did not finish my
  English homework.

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3rd and final way Conjunctive Adverb ,

• Conjunctive Adverbs are like coordinating
  conjunctions because you must choose the one that
  shows the correct relationship.
• With conjunctive adverbs, you have to place a
  semi-colon first, then the conjunction, then a
  comma.

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What are some conjunctive adverbs

• therefore, (shows an effect)
• thus, (shows an effect)
• consequently, (shows an effect)
• furthermore, (shows addition)
• additionally, (shows addition)