Sentence patterns Flashcards
use an appositive
Josh Allen, the great football player, wins games
open with an adverb
Quietly, she snuck downstairs in hopes to catch santa
open with an adjective
Thrilled, the coach allowed his team to stop practice.
open with a prepositional phrase
in the morning, she brushes her teeth
open with an adjective and a prepositional phrase
Happy with her sentence patterns, Rachel did well on the test
open with a verb
Exclaimed Allen Iverson, “We talkin about practice.”
parallel/parallelism
The professor told us to take out paper, a pen, and a ruler.
use a semi-colon ;
rachel loves to play softball; raven prefers baskettball.
use a colon :
The bills have the best qb in the league: Josh Allen
use an em dash —
Upon discovering the errors—all 124 of them—the publisher immediately
recalled the books.
use a fanboys
I love Harry Styles, but miss one direction
open with a present participle and an adverb
Running quickly, Josh jumps over a player
open with a present participle and a prepositional phrase
Gazing at the tulips ,rachel smiled
open with a present participle and an object
Writing the last page, Rachel sighed.
open with a present infinitive and an object
To improve her study habits, rachel made tons of flashcards
open with a present infinitive and a prepositional phrase
-To get into his car, RJ breaks the window.
active vs. passive voice
Buster Posey hits a home run. Active
A home run is hit by Buster Posey. Passive
Compound sentence with elliptical construction
The Bills won a Superbowl; Josh Allen a trophy
open with a present infinitive and an adverb
To write legibly, raven takes her time on her sentence patterns.
Open with a quote and then add your sentence beginning with a verb.
“I love the shield,”proclaims the writers
Open with a quote and then add your sentence beginning with an adverb, then a verb.
“I love the shield,” excitedly proclaims the writers
Open with a quote and then add your sentence beginning with an adverb, then a verb, then a noun, then an appositive
“I love the shield,” excitedly proclaims Rachel, a current writer.
Open with a verb and incorporate a quote.
States Harry “Just stop your crying”
Open with an adverb and a verb and incorporate a quote.
Solemnly states Ying Ying “‘It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.‘”
Utilize part of a quote in the middle of a sentence.
Harry Styles states “you don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up” easing many high schoolers
Break up a quote in one sentence.
“Just stop you crying”, Harry Styles states, “its the sign of the times. “
