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Sentence Imitation
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English II
Format for Entries
O Format:
-Technique: Write definition of term
-Example: Copy the example of the term found
in literature
-Create: Write your own sentence using that
style of writing.
Entry #1
10.28.14
O Participle (Participle Phrases): an –ed or –
ing verb or phrase that’s used as an
adjective to describe a noun
O Example: “Now he was on the bridge,
hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling
steadily.” –Lois Lowry, The Giver
O Create: Write your own sentence with a
participle phrase, modeling the example.
Entry #2
10.30.14
O Absolutes/Absolute Phrases: a noun and a
participle phrase put together, with the noun
coming first.
O Example: Hermoine was running toward
them down the path, Hagrid puffing along
behind her.” –J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets
O Create: Write your own sentence with an
absolute phrase, modeling the sentence
shown above.
Entry #3
11.5.14
O Appositive/Appositive Phrases: a second noun,
presented as a non-essential element, that gives
more information about the first noun
O Example: Only Gatsby, the man who gives his
name to this book, was exempt from my
reaction.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
O Create: Write your own sentence using an
appositive phrase modeling the sentence shown
above.
Entry #4
11.6.14
O Gerund: a verb that ends in –ing and
becomes a noun
O Example: “Shooting paintballs is not an art
form.” –Bart Simpson, The Simpsons
O Create: Write your own sentence using a
gerund modeling the sentence shown above.
Entry #5
11.10.14
O Prepositional Phrase: a modifying phrase
consisting of a preposition and its object
O Prepositions: up, around, on, off, beside,
etc. (Anywhere a mouse could be)
O Example: “On the counter near the stove in
a silvery pan was a deep-dish berry cobbler.”
–Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
O Create: Write your own sentence using a
prepositional phrase.
Entry #6
11.11.14
O Begin with an adjective: Sometimes you can
begin a sentence with an adjective, which is
a word describing a noun.
O Example: Comfortable, I lay on my back and
waited for sleep, and while waiting, I thought
of Dill. –Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
O Create: Write your own sentence that begins
with an adjective.
Entry #7
11.18.14
O Adjectives shifted out of order: Describe a
noun using several adjectives in
unconventional places.
O Example: “I held a long, sharp blade, ancient
and silver, crusted in dried, blackened
blood.” –Stephanie Meyer, Eclipse
O Create: Write your own sentence with the
adjectives in unconventional spots of the
sentence.
Entry #8
11.19.14
O Begin with an Adverb: Instead of beginning a
sentence with the subject, begin with an
adverb which describes verbs.
O Example: Slowly, I turned around to face my
fate.
O Create: Write your own sentence beginning
with an adverb.
Entry #9
11.20.14
O Series of Adverbs: To add more detail to a
sentence, use more than one adverb to
describe the verb.
O Example: “Quietly, blindly, cautiously, they
crept toward one another.”
O Create: Write your own sentence using
series of adverbs.
Entry #10
11.23.14
O Subject First: Begin a sentence with the
noun of the sentence.
O Example: Julius Caesar was assassinated by
his best friend.
O Create: Write your own sentence with the
subject coming first.