Transcript What is a Sentence?

WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
LESSONS 8-9
Part Three
Visible Speech
a short course
in the
fundamentals
of writing / lesson eight
By Joe Napora
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What is a sentence?
What is a
sentence?
Yes, but it is organized
differently.
Answer:
Organized
Writing
Hey! Isn’t this the same
answer for “What is an essay
and what is a paragraph?”
How is a sentence
organized?
Sentences can be
organized in the
most simple
manner: by type.
They are either
complete
sentences, or they
are incomplete.
A complete sentence
contains a subject, a
verb, and most often
an object phrase.
An incomplete
sentence is
fragmented: it
usually doesn’t
contain a complete
verb.
Complete Sentences
A complete
sentence
has a
subject and
a verb, and
usually a
phrase.
Subject = S
Verb = V
Phrase = P
Subjects
Subjects can be
people, objects,
events, and ideas.
Subjects are usually
in the most
important part of
the sentence, the
first part.
John, Mary, Men,
Women, my uncle,
chairs, dogs, the
World Series,
freedom, next year
John loves Mary.
“John” is in the
most important part
of the sentence.
Verbs
Action. Making
connections.
Relationships.
MOVEMENT is
the main
function of
verbs,
movement that
affects the
subject.
Subjects run, walk, and
sleep.
Subjects are and will be.
And it’s verbs that allow
subjects to move, and
movement draws
attention to our
sentences.
Object Phrases
P = Object Phrase
Remember the
equation S + V + P?
A phrase comes in many shapes,
does many things, and attaches to
the main sentence in many ways.
Phrases
Here is a simple sentence:
John drives. [S + V]
Add an object phrase:
John drives to the park. [S + V + P]
Add more phrases:
According to Mary, John drives to the park in the
morning. [P + S + V + P]
Fragmented Sentences
Incomplete
sentences usually
result from writing
a phrase as if it
were a complete
sentence.
According to Mary.
[P]
John drives to the
park in the morning.
[S + V + P]
This is the end of lesson 8
Simple and Complex
Sentences
Lesson Nine
Visible Speech
a short course
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of writing / lesson nine
By Joe Napora
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Making Sentence SENSE
The object of writing
is to make sense of
our ideas to other
people. One way to
do this is to write
clearly, starting with
standard sentences.
A standard sentence
is one that makes
SENSE.
SENSE =
Standard
ENglish
SentencE
More SENSE
The Basic SENSE
sentence can easily
be expanded to
make your
sentences more
interesting, varied,
rhythmic, attention
getting.
John loves Mary.
According to Alice,
John loves Mary.
According to Alice,
John loves Mary,
who he met last
week.
This is the end of lesson nine