Compare and Contrast:

Pick two authors from the quick sheet. Compare and contrast each author by considering their life and writing.

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Sentence Punctuation Patterns Summary: This handout describes eight sentence punctuation patterns with examples. Contributors:Dana Lynn Driscoll, Allen Brizee Last Edited: 2011-10-05 01:09:36 To punctuate a sentence, you can use and combine some of these patterns. For more information on independent and dependent clauses plus independent and dependent markers, see our handouts on those subjects. Pattern One: Simple sentence This pattern is an example of a simple sentence: Independent clause [ . ] Example: Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma.

Pattern Two : Compound Sentence This pattern is an example of a compound sentence with a coordinating conjunction: Independent clause [ , ] coordinating conjunction independent clause [ . ] There are seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet. Example: Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma, but they don’t know the reasons for it.

Pattern Three: Compound Sentence This pattern is an example of a compound sentence with a semicolon. Independent clause [ ; ] independent clause [ . ] Example: Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma; they are unsure of its cause.

Pattern Four: Compound Sentence This pattern is an example of a compound sentence with an independent marker. Independent clause [ ; ] independent marker [ , ] independent clause [ . ] Examples of independent markers are the following: therefore, moreover, thus, consequently, however, also. Example: Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma; therefore, they have called for more research into its causes.

Pattern Five: Complex Sentence This pattern is an example of a complex sentence with a dependent marker. Dependent marker dependent clause[ , ] Independent clause[ . ] Examples of dependent markers are as follows: because, before, since, while, although, if, until, when, after, as, as if. Example: Because doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma, they have called for more research into its causes.

Pattern Six: Complex Sentence This pattern is an example of a complex sentence with a dependent marker. Independent clause dependent marker dependent clause [ . ] Examples of dependent markers are as follows: because, before, since, while, although, if, until, when, after, as, as if. Example: Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma because it is a common, treatable illness.

Pattern Seven This pattern includes an independent clause with an embedded non-essential clause or phrase First part of an independent clause [ , ] non-essential clause or phrase, rest of the independent clause [ . ] A non-essential clause or phrase is one that can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence or making it ungrammatical. In other words, the non-essential clause or phrase gives additional information, but the sentence can stand alone without it. Example: Many doctors, including both pediatricians and family practice physicians, are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma.

Pattern Eight This pattern includes an independent clause with an embedded essential clause or phrase First part of an independent clause essential clause or phrase rest of the independent clause [ . ] An essential clause or phrase is one that cannot be removed without changing the overall meaning of the sentence. Example: Many doctors who are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma have called for more research into its causes. American Literature Quick Sheet Selected Readings Wallace Stevens – The Emperor of Ice Cream – pg 769 Sunday Morning – pg 770 William Carlos Williams – The Red Wheelbarrow pg1968 Ezra Pound – Portrait d’une Femme; Metro; Cantos 786 H.D. – pg 810 Marianne Moore – pg 812 TS Elliot – pg 819 E.E. Cummings – pg 2135 Eugene O’Neill – Long Days Journey Into Night – pg 846 Zora Neale Hurston – The Gilded Six-Bits – pg 943 F. Scott Fitzgerald – Babylon Revisted – pg 980 Faulkner – Barn Burning pg 998 Hart Crane – pg 1016 Ernest Hemingway – Snow – pg 1021 Steinbeck – pg 1045 Eudora Welty – pg 1094 Elizabeth Bishop – The Fish – pg 1105 Gwendolyn Brooks – pg 1309 Jack Kerouac – Big Sur pg 1313 Denise Levertov – pg 1323 Flannery O’Connor – Good Country People – pg 1339 Allen Ginsberg – pg 1354 John Ashbery – pg 1365 Anne Sexton – pg 1337 Martin Luther King – pg 1393 Slyvia Plath – pg 1416 Amiri Barak (LeRoi Jones) pg 1456 Lucille Clifton – pg 1477 Thomas Pynchon – pg 1482 Raymond Carver – pg 1494 Alice Walker – Everyday Use – pg 1530 Leslie Marmon Silko – Lullaby – pg 1543 Sandra Cisnersos – Woman Hollering Creek – pg 1587 Li-Young Lee – pg 1613 Compare / Contrast Pick two authors from the page on the quick sheet. Compare and contrast each author by considering their life and writing. (Take time to consider diction word choice), imagery and themes. Also consider itliterary elements as: alliteration, metaphor, simile, consonance, personification, conce (an elaborate metaphor) etc. Compose two pages. Place the “classic sentence pattern” sheet next to you as you write and consider the basic building blocks of composition. (Check out the attached “Sentence Punctuation Patterns” file for more details) Thesis statement / sentence : ————————————Thesis statement / sentence Outline Some of the lecture notes: ✓ Compare and contrast = means the action ✓ The ability to create / express your opinion. ✓ Required thinking / analysis. ✓ How the two stories are different and alike. ✓ Use literary techniques. ✓ 5 components / factors… *No re-tell * X Tell about poe poetry X Tell about poe story X Tell about poe Longfellow X Tell about poe Longfellow poetry Simple Example: Longfellow: The slaves Dream. Poe: Raven. Deadlines Due in 10 Hours If possible (You can change / edit it later) Two 19th century writers, Longfellow and Poe, are easily compared and contrasted through their lives and the poems “The Slaves Dream” by Longfellow and “The raven” by Poe… 1) Success in life: A. Longfellow life B. Poe life 2) A. B. C. D. Writing Styles: Poety Prose Dark Themes Happier Themes 3) Metaphors / Similes /… A. Longfellow Poem B. Poe Poem 4) Impact A. Longfellow B. Poe 5) Poems A. Theme (Check out the attached literary techniques file for more detail