Vocabulary Essay

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Vocabulary Essay

• Model Sentences

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Unit 3 Compound Sentences

• Compound Sentence contains two independent
  clauses joined by a COMMA and a COORDINATING
  CONJUNCTION (for, and but, or, yet, so).
• Examples Alice studied for the vocabulary
  test, so she received a perfect score.
• Jerry did not study for the test, yet he
  still managed to earn a B.
• Lee studied for the test, but he still only
  earned a C.

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Unit 3 - Compound/Complex Sentences

• Compound/Complex Sentences contain two or more
  independent clauses and one or more subordinate
  clauses.
• Common subordinate clause words include after,
  although, as, as if, as long as, as soon as,
  because, before, if, since, so that , than,
  though, unless, until, when, whenever, while.

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Compound/Complex Examples

• Although she had cheerleading practice until
  late, Alice studied for the vocabulary test, so
  she received a perfect score.
• Because he had to work late at Karns, Jerry did
  not study for the test, yet he still managed to
  earn a B.
• Since he was almost on the ineligiblity list, Lee
  studied for the test, but he still only earned a
  C.

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Assignment

• In your vocab homework for Unit 3, mark four (4)
  of your sentences with an asterisk().
• Two of the sentences must be identified as
  compound, and two of the sentences must be
  identified by compound/complex.
• Correctly writing and identifying these sentences
  is worth five points of the homework grade.

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Assistance

• In your grammar book, see pages 94-96 for
  additional examples of sentence types and pages
  90-91 for additional examples of subordinate
  clauses..
• Come see me before the homework is due. Do not
  drop off work for me to pre-correct.

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Periodic Sentence

• The main idea or most important information is
  not revealed until the end of the sentence.
• Example That morning, after a longer than
  normal bus ride on icy roads, we made it safely
  to school.

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Assignment

• Make four of the vocab sentences for Unit 4
  PERIODIC.
• Mark them with an asterisk.

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Balanced Sentence

• Similar to parallel structure, the balanced
  sentence features two similar elements that
  balance each other.
• Example The students reveled in the snow day
  the teachers reveled in the student-less day.
• Note that the two independent clauses are of the
  same pattern subject, verb (same verb!), and
  prepositional phrase.

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Assignment

• Write four balanced sentences for the next vocab
  unit.
• Mark the balanced sentences with an asterisk.