PPT-Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs

Grammar Extension Activity 118 Use both semicolons and transitions to combine sentences in your writing When you have two complete thoughts that are closely related you may connect them with . 1 Nibbles crept across the carpet towards the open door and sneaked through while no one was looking 2 Sue edged over the ice as s he talked to her dog clinging to a tree 3 Eliot s car skidded across the road as it went out of co ntrol and t Madison Hanes. Adjectives. Adjectives are words that describe, modify a person, place or thing. Adjectives usually come before the noun. For example: The . orange. cat ran across the yard. Adjectives can also describe pronouns. For example: The . Grammar Toolkit. Conjunctive adverbs. Grammar Toolkit. Conjunctive adverbs. Conjunctive adverbs are adverbs that . act . like conjunctions—they connect the information in two clauses or sentences.. What is a . conjunction. ? Name some examples.. What is an . adverb. ? Name some examples.. Conjunctive Adverbs. The. purpose . of a conjunctive adverb is to . show a relationship . between clauses such as . Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. End Punctuation. Periods—use a period to close sentences that make statements or give mild commands.. Question marks—use question marks to close sentences that ask direct questions.. SEMICOLONS. Separating. Independent Clauses. :. use a semicolon to separate independent clauses joined without a conjunction. SEMICOLONS. Separating. Independent Clauses. :. use a semicolon to separate independent clauses joined without a conjunction. Miss Johnson. Conjunctions. Conjunctions. : a word that connects words, phrases (groups of words that . do not . contain both a subject and a verb), or clauses (groups of words that. do . contain subjects and verbs). Semicolons between independent clauses. Semicolons between items in a series. Review A. Review B. Using Semicolons. Why are semicolons important?. Notice that a semicolon contains both a period and a comma. You can think of it as a blend of the two.. When to Use Colons. To add emphasis to the second clause in a . sentence. To . introduce . a list, a . quotation, or . another . idea . after . an independent clause. To . end a business letter greeting. This is how a lot of students write. They use commas to connect sentences. When this is done, it creates a run on sentence.. I am cold, I want a warm blanket.. We learned to add conjunctions with the comma to create . A semicolon tells the reader to pause longer than you would for a comma, not quite as long as you would for a period. . Semicolons are primarily used in compound sentences.. The semicolon takes the place of the comma and the conjunction joining the independent clauses. Semicolon: often used to join independent clauses that are closely related in meaning.. C. onjunctive adverbs / transitional expressions show how the independent clauses that join are related. . Semicolon: often used to join independent clauses that are closely related in meaning,. Multiple Adjectives, and Participial Phrases. Revision Review. With Prepositional Phrases. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with an object of the preposition. . . e.g. on the way, at the game, before the test. adverbs. An adverb is a word/a set of words that modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.. It tells when, where, and how an action is performed or indicates the quality or degree of the action..