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PATTERN VI
NP V-INT
THE INTRANSITIVE VERB PATTERN
The students rested.
 Mary laughed.
 The visitors from El Paso arrived.
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THE INTRANSITIVE VERB PATTERN
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An intransitive verb has no complement – no noun
phrase or adjectival in the slot following the verb.
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You are likely to find adverbial information though.
Ex.
The students rested after their long trip.
Mary laughed loudly.
The visitors from El Paso finally arrived at the airport.
THE INTRANSITIVE VERB PATTERN
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Intransitive verbs can (or might) create a specific
rhetorical effect when used intentionally and
repetitively.
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The nature of “intransivity” itself can be slow,
watchful, tranquil, or quiet, but it might also be
melancholy or even matter-of-fact.
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Regardless, analytical readers pay attention to
repetition and variation, and this is one verb with
your time.
OPTIONAL SLOTS
Adverbial slots can appear in all sentence
patterns.
 Most sentences require information beyond the
basics.
 It is still a rhetorical choice.
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Ex. We marched.
With optional adv. slot…
We marched through the grass and jungle and rain.
OPTIONAL SLOTS
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Our most common adverbials are simple
adverbs like suddenly, quickly, here, soon,
always, sometimes and prepositional phrases
like at the deli, on Saturday night, or for some
bagels.
INTRANSITIVE PHRASAL VERBS
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Phrasal verbs are common structures in English.
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Phrasal verbs are a combination of words whose
meaning cannot be predicted from the meaning of
its parts.
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It is a set expression that acts as a unit…they do
not need a complement and they will not allow for
an object.
EXAMPLES OF PHRASAL VERBS IN SENTENCES
We made up.
 We turned in at midnight.
 They union finally gave in to the company
demands.
 Tony will pull through.
 My favorite slippers are wore out.
 We turned up.
 The party broke up.
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SO WHAT?
Brainstorm a list of transitive verbs.
What’s the feeling?
 What tone do they evoke?
 What are they good for? What scenes might
they describe? Why might a writer use
intransitive verbs?
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TRANSITIVE VERB PATTERNS
John hit Bob.
 The little girl kissed the boy on the face.
 Sally baked a cookie for her teacher.
 The student hit his head off his desk.
 Mrs. Hilliard hugged a student.
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