PPT-Grammar: Sentence Structure

1 Sentence Fragments 2 Run on sentences Sentence Fragments Have you ever seen the term frag or fragmen t written on an essay you received back from a teacher Did you understand what the grammar problem was with that sentence or how to fix it. Parts of Speech. 1. Verb. : action (examine, illustrate, argue). Example: The author . evaluates. interview techniques. . 2. Noun. : person, place or thing. (theory, child, agency, author) . Example: The . Education 453:10. How much do you remember?. Were you ever taught the rules of grammar?. (Rate yourself using a Likert scale from one to ten on your knowledge of English grammar.). Learning/teaching grammar in context….. Session Seven. Clauses and sentences. Increasingly complex language via the medium of cake. The four main communicative roles of clauses:. Imperative. Eat!. Eat cake!. Exclamatory. Cake!. Interrogative. The word “. syntax. ” comes originally from Greek . and literally . means “. a putting together” or “arrangement. .” In more recent attempts to analyze syntactic structure, there has been a greater focus . . Syntax. Outline. Introduction. . 4. Sentence structure. 1. What is grammar? . 5. Functions of tree structures. 2. Category . 6. Embedded sentences. 2.1 Lexical category. Write this definition and the examples in your Grammar Notes.. **You will have a grammar quiz over this Friday!**. Definition:. An appositive is a . noun. or . noun phrase. that renames another noun . Q4 Week 4. Monday—Grammar . Rules for comma use (continued).. Rule 4: Use a comma to separate words, phrases, or clauses in a series (lists). . Rule 5: Use a comma between two or more adjectives. . On the SOL essay, graders will look for . varied. sentence structure. . Simple. Compound. Complex. Compound - Complex. Complete Sentences. To write a complete sentence, you must include:. Capitalized first word. (lessons 34 – 39) . Grammar Notes. Unit 3 Part 2 . Grammar – . Unit 3 . Lessons 34 - 39. Parts of Speech . Part 3 . and Sentences. The 8 Parts of Speech. Nouns:. . Words that name a person, place, thing, or idea . Annandale Writing Center. CG 409. Sentence Structure. Subject. Verb. Object. Adjective. Adverb. ,. ;. .. :. STRONG Sentence Structure. weak. . . Sentence Structure. How would you strengthen it? . Chapter Eight Syntax Syntax When we concentrate on the structure and order of components within a sentence we are studying the syntax of a language. Syntax (from Greek) = ‘putting together’ In early approaches to syntax, there was a focus on the description of the ordering of elements in the Prepositional Phrases Ed McCorduck English 402--Grammar SUNY Cortland http://mccorduck.cortland.edu prepositional phrase (PP) – a phrase (see slide 2 of the “Descriptive Grammar of English” chapter 2 lecture) whose head(word) is a member of the form class preposition (see the “Form Classes” chapter 2 lecture) Salman bin Abdulaziz University College of Science and Humanity Studies, Al- Kharj Department of English Level8 (2nd Semester) Course Symbol & Code: ENG4860 Course Title :Syntax& Morphology Cognitive Psychology. Notes 11. Where We Are. We. ’. re continuing with higher cognition. We still have:. Language—Structure. Language—Meaning. Reasoning/Decision making. Human factors. Plan of Attack.