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right now
Pass out papers.
Open your binder to your “Absolute Phrases” notes.Slide2
Absolute phrases
add fluidity and variety to your sentencesSlide3
absolute phrases are collapsed sentences.
Absolute Phrases are essentially collapsed sentences.
Instead of adding more information about a noun or a verb, absolute phrases modify an entire sentence, indicating something related happening at the exact same moment.
His hands and knees were bleeding from crawling
.
Michael triumphantly reached the summit.
His hands and knees
were
bleeding from
crawling,
Michael
triumphantly reached the summit
.Slide4
absolute phrases are collapsed sentences.
Absolute Phrases are essentially collapsed sentences.
Instead of adding more information about a noun or a verb, absolute phrases modify an entire sentence, indicating something related happening at the exact same moment.
His hands and knees were bleeding from crawling
.
Michael triumphantly reached the summit.
His hands and knees
were
bleeding from
crawling,
Michael
triumphantly reached the summit
.Slide5
absolute phrases are collapsed sentences.
Absolute Phrases are essentially collapsed sentences.
Instead of adding more information about a noun or a verb, absolute phrases modify an entire sentence, indicating something related happening at the exact same moment.
His hands and knees were bleeding from crawling
.
Michael triumphantly reached the summit.
His hands and knees
were
bleeding from
crawling
,
Michael
triumphantly reached the summit
.Slide6
absolute phrases are collapsed sentences.
Mary backed the car out of the
driveway.
Her
mind
was repeatedly
pouring over details for the upcoming interview
.
Mary
backed the car out of the driveway, her mind repeatedly pouring over details for the upcoming interview
.Slide7
absolute phrases are collapsed sentences.
Mary backed the car out of the
driveway.
Her
mind
was repeatedly
pouring over details for the upcoming interview
.
Mary
backed the car out of the
driveway
,
her
mind
was
repeatedly
pouring over details for the upcoming interview
.Slide8
try it
Jason darted across the
street. His feet were
flying as he outran the gunman.
or
Jason darted across the street, his feet flying as he outran the gunman
.Slide9
try it
Jason darted across the street, feet flying as he outran the gunman.
or
Jason darted across the
street, his
feet
flying
as he outran the gunman
.Slide10
an easy tool to generate absolute phrases
Begin with:
His mind was racing uncontrollably.
Her hair was fluttering in the wind.
Its mouth was drooling.
Their houses were on fire.
Then drop the was/were:
His mind racing uncontrollably.
Her hair fluttering in the wind.
Its mouth drooling.
Their houses on fire.
Begin
with a possessive adjective (e.g., his, her, its, their) followed by a noun.
Then
write "was" or "were" followed by words that finish out an
idea.Slide11
phrases are not sentences
To
create meaning, the sentence must be attached to a RELATED
sentence:
His mind racing uncontrollably,
Jim pulled over to the side of the road.
She sped down the highway in her convertible,
her hair fluttering in the wind.
Its mouth drooling,
the dog silently approached the rabbit.
Their houses on fire,
the residents sat dejectedly on the curbSlide12
punctuating absolute phrases
Always separate absolute phrases from the rest of the sentences with commas.
The information contained in an absolute phrase is supplementary to that contained in the base sentence.
Remember
: The absolute phrase is a collapsed sentence whose information is related to (but not a part of) the base sentence.Slide13
location
The absolute phrase can appear in
(1)
The beginning of a sentence, (
2)
the end of a sentence,
or
(
3)
between the subject and
verb:
His
mind racing uncontrollably
, Jim pulled over to the side of the road.
Jim pulled over to the side of the road,
his mind racing uncontrollably
.
Jim,
his mind racing uncontrollably,
pulled over to the side of the road.Slide14
strings
Place several absolute phrases in succession to create a unique effect:
His hands bloody, his knees raw, his hamstring throbbing
, the marathon runner crawled to the finish line, determined that months of training would not end in failure.Slide15
revise your writing
Begin with:
His mind was racing uncontrollably.
Then drop the was/were:
His mind racing uncontrollably.
Begin
with a possessive adjective (e.g., his, her, its, their) followed by a noun.
Then
write "was" or "were" followed by words that finish out an
idea.
Attach to a sentence:
His mind racing uncontrollably, Jim pulled to the side of the road.
Hint: Look at the sentences you have already written. Can you drop a was/were to turn one into an absolute phrase, then attach it to the sentence next to it?Slide16
credit
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ewevodau/literary_tools.cfm?subpage=688018