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DGP Sentence 8 Notes and Hints Sentence: james agee who wrote both poetry and nonfiction was born on november 27 1909 in knoxville tennessee Day 1/Monday-Parts of Speech Notes Noun A person, place, thing, or idea Pronoun A word that replaces a noun Verb Article A word that shows action (action verb) o Example: She wrote a card. A word that helps link a noun or pronoun to an adjective (linking verb) o Example: English is exciting. The flower smells pretty. A word that “helps” an action verb or linking verb (helping verb) o Example: We have been taking notes all day. She will be cold today. Modifies a noun using a, an, or the Preposition Shows a relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence Adverb Participle Conjunction Interjection Modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs Tells How? When? Where? To what extent? not and never are always adverbs yet can be an adverb or a coordinating conjunction depending on how it’s being used Verb that acts like an adjective Ends in –ing or –ed or –en (or other past tense ending) Examples: o She is a running fanatic. o The ruined carpet cost them a lot of money to replace. Joins two clauses Different types: o Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) yet can be an adverb or a coordinating conjunction depending on how it’s being used o Subordinating conjunctions (aka subordinators): starts adverbial dependent clauses and therefore must be followed by a subject and verb. (after, since, before, while, because, although, so that, if, when, whenever, as, even though, until, unless, as if, etc.) Expresses emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence Set apart from the sentence by a comma or exclamation point to + verb Can act like… o a noun (ex: I like to eat.) o an adjective (ex: It’s the best place to eat.) o an adverb (ex: I need a pen to write a letter.) Infinitive 1 Hints 6 Nouns (n)—two have multiple parts 1 Pronoun (pro) 3 Verbs (av or lv or hv; past or pres or fut) 2 Prepositions (prep) 1 Conjunction (coordinating or subordinating or correlative) Day 2/Tuesday-Sentence Parts and Phrases Notes Subject The “who” or “what” of the verb Predicate What the subject is doing or being (the verb and its modifiers) Prepositional Phrase Begins with the preposition Ends with object of the preposition Object of the Preposition The final word in a prepositional phrase (a noun or pronoun) It will NEVER be the subject of the sentence Noun of Direct Address Person being spoken to in the sentence Hints 2 Subjects (underline and label with “S”) 2 Predicates (double-underline and label with “P”) 2 Prepositional Phrases (put in parentheses and label with “prep ph”) 2 Objects of the Preposition (label with “obj prep”) Day 3/Wednesday-Clauses and Sentence Types Notes Independent Clause Contains a subject and a verb Can stand on its own Dependent Clause Begins with a subordinating conjunction/subordinator Has a subject or a verb/predicate Simple Sentence One independent clause Compound Sentence Two or more independent clauses Complex Sentence Contains one or more dependent clauses and one independent clause Compound-Complex Contains one or more dependent clauses and two or more independent Sentence clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction + comma, or a semicolon Interrogative Sentence Asks a question and ends in a question mark Declarative Sentence Declares a statement Imperative Sentence Gives a command Exclamatory Sentence Exclaims an idea with a lot of emotion Hints 1 Independent Clauses (put in brackets and label “IC”) 1 Dependent Clause (underline and label “DC”) Sentence Type (choose 1): Simple (s), Compound (cd), Complex (cx), Compound-Complex (cd-cx) Sentence Purpose (choose 1): Interrogative (int), Imperative (imp), Declarative (dec), Exclamatory (exc) 2 Day 4/Thursday-Punctuation and Capitalization Notes Commas are needed to set off an adjectival dependent clause. A comma is needed between a date and a year. A comma is needed between a city and a state. Hints 5 Capital Letters 4 Commas 1 Period Friday-Quiz: Diagramming is optional for extra points! 3