Transcript Non-essential Elements - Tipp City Exempted Village Schools

Non-essential Elements
Mom, guess what?!
What, dear?
I know how to use and correctly punctuate nonessential elements!
Oh baby, I’m so proud of you!
What the @%#^ is a non-essential
element?
• A word, phrase, or clause that adds
information to a sentence, but is not
important to understanding the main thought.
• Cannot act alone
• Often needs to latch onto the main clause
with a comma
Names
• Mr. Salyer, why does your car smell like cat
poop?
• Why does your car smell like cat poop, Mr.
Salyer?
Transitions
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For example,
Additionally,
Furthermore,
Secondly,
However,
Therefore,
Next,
Lastly,
Consequently,
Participial phrases
• A phrase that includes a verbal and functions as
an adjective.
• The verb ends in ING or ED
• Some past tense verbs are irregular and don’t
end in ED
• I can’t wait until the weekend.
Examples! Heck yeah!
• Tired from playing Clash of Clans all night, Mr.
Salyer took a nap during lunch.
• Mr. Salyer, tired from playing Clash of Clans all
night, took a nap during lunch.
• Mr. Salyer took a nap during lunch, tired from
playing clash of clans all night.
• However…
• Maria risked petting the pit bull wagging its tail.
Appositive phrase
• A noun phrase that rename another noun BESIDE IT
• Dylan, a skilled pokemon trainer, defeated Blastoise with his
Charmander.
• A skilled pokemon trainer, Dylan defeated Blastoise with his
Charmander.
• (WRONG!!!) Dylan defeated Blastoise with his Pikachu, a skilled
pokemon trainer.
• (Right!!!) There is much we can learn from Dylan, a skilled
pokemon trainer.
Relative clause
• A dependent clause that begins with a relative
pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, which) or
relative adverb (when, where, why) and acts
as an ADJECTIVE. Similar to an appositive.
Examples! Bring’em on!
• Mr. Salyer, who was a four time All-Ohioan in
cross country and track, is now a washed-up, lazy
bum who sits on his sorry but all day playing CoC.
• Mr. Salyer’s E-day assignment, which was a
bunch of bull $#!+ because he required two
quote options, took me four hours to complete.
• I can’t stand Mr. Salyer, who is one of those
teachers who thinks his class is the only one I’m
taking.
Prepositional Phrase
• A phrase that begins with a preposition.
• Prepositions give information about time,
movement, and location.
• In about an hour, I’m going to rush back to my
house to play Mario Kart.
• I’m going to rush back to my house in about an
hour to play Mario Kart.
Infinitive Phrase
• A phrase that begins with the verb “to” and is followed by a
verb.
• To avoid burning another bag of popcorn, Brendan pressed
his nose against the microwave door, sniffing suspiciously.
• Those basketball shoes, to be perfectly honest, do not
complement the suit you are planning to wear to the
interview.
• Janice and her friends went to the mall to flirt with the
cute guys who congregate at the food court.
Your turn!
• These concepts won’t make sense unless you
start incorporating them into your own
writing.
• Quiz…why is there no comma after the word
“sense”?
Answer
• Independent clause followed by dependent
clause
• Could reverse it (Dependent COMMA
Independent)
• Unless you start incorporating these concepts
into your own writing, these concepts won’t
make sense.
• Write 3 participial sentences
– Modified word close to phrase (beginning, middle)
– Determine if comma needed at end
• Write 3 appositive sentences
– Make sure word being renamed is close to phrase
• Write 3 infinitive sentences
– Won’t need comma if it comes at end
• Write 3 relative clause sentences
– Who for person and which for object
• Write 2 prepositional sentences (Beginning and end)
– Need comma if comes at beginning