Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Sentences

loose sentence: Her grandmother died, after a long battle with cancer, brain surgeries, and diabetes.

periodic sentence: After many years of long hours, no overtime, and exhaustion, Chris was finally promoted to manager.

sentence with parallel structure: I like shopping, shopping gives me a sense of purpose, a feeling that one store can make any bad day better.

inverted order sentence: At the house cleans Karen.

split order: At home, Karen cleans.

interrupted order: "Yes, that's true --oh well actually might not be, but that's not important--I did once dance with Michael Jackson at a club back in the day!" Elizabeth told her astonished children.

compound: The day of shopping left her restless, but Linda went to another mall after the first one.

complex: None of the kids wanted to read aloud, so the teacher had to take over.

compund-complex: Even though she was greatly missed, Annabelle didn't return home, and people stopped hoping for her return.    ?


Thursday, October 2, 2014

Zealously and Fecund Sentences

When her daughter decided to join the History Club, Kathy began to zealously quiz her so she wouldn't forget her facts.

The fecund plants produced so many flowers that year, that everyone in town had beautiful blooms in their windows all year long.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Quizlet Vocab

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Caprice and Aberration Sentences

When Johnny's mother died he couldn't control the caprice onset of depression.

The aberration that came with lying to her mother so she could skip school didn't make Melanie feel any better about what she had done.