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Lesson FiveDeconstructing Sentences
Neijiang Normal University - Week Six - Brent A. Simoneaux
Sentence Expansion
Subordination 1. Relative Clauses
2. Appositive Phrases 3. Adverbial Clauses 4. Participial Phrases 5. Absolute Phrases
Sentence Expansion 4. Non-restrictive Participial Phrases
Participial phrases are verb phrases headed by the –ing or the –en / ––ed form of the verb which
function as adjectives.
They enable you to work concrete details into your sentences without actually increasing the number
of sentences needed.
Writing AdviceI am glad to talk about my future career with
you. After I graduate, the first thing that I will do is to be a teacher. When I was young, I have a dream that is to be a teacher.
I'm glad to talk with you about my future career. Because my childhood dream was to be a teacher, the first thing that I'll do after I graduate is teach.
Sentence Variety
“In this paragraph there are short and long sentences, simple, compound and complex
sentences, and parallel sentences. As a result, the ideas they express are quite impressive.” --pgs
73-74
“Short sentences are not only emphatic, but effective in describing a series of quick movements and
actions. Generally speaking, both short and long sentences should be used; using one type of
sentences continuously would be monotonous.” –pgs 58-59
“The Intimately Oppressed”By Howard Zinn
Excerpted from The People’s History of the United States
The Intimately OppressedVocabulary
oppress (verb)- to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority
submerged (adj)- hidden, suppressedexploit (verb)- to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's
own advantagewarden (noun)- one having care or charge of somethingmonogamy (noun)- the state or custom of being married to
one person at a timesocialization (noun)- to fit or train for a social environmentpatronization (noun)- to act as patron of; provide aid or
support for
The Intimately Oppressed
The explorers were men, the landholders and merchants men, the political leaders men, the military figures men.
1. The explorers were men.
2. The landholders and merchants were men.
3. The political leaders were men.
4. The military figures were men.
The Intimately Oppressed
The very invisibility of women, the overlooking of women, is a sign of their submerged status.
1. The very invisibility of women is a sign of their submerged status.
2. The overlooking of women is a sign of their submerged status.
The Intimately Oppressed
The biological uniqueness of women, like skin color and facial characteristics for Negroes, became a basis for treating them as inferiors.
1. The biological uniqueness of women became a basis for treating them as inferiors.
2. Skin color and facial characteristics of Negroes were a basis for treating them as inferiors.
The Intimately Oppressed
True, with women, there was something more practically important in their biology than skin color—their position as childbearers—but this was not enough to account for the general push backward for all of them in society, even those who did not bear children, or those too young or too old for that.
The Intimately Oppressed
1. There was something more practically important in their biology than skin color.
2. Women’s position as childbearers was more practically important than skin color.
3. Women’s position as childbearers was not enough to account for the general push backward for all of them in society.
4. Those who did not bear children, or those too young or too old for that were pushed backward in society.
The Intimately Oppressed
It seems that their physical characteristics became a convenience for men, who could use, exploit, and cherish someone who was at the same time servant, companion, and bearer-teacher-warden of his children.
1. It seems that their physical characteristics became a convenience for men.
2. Men could use, exploit, and cherish someone who was at the same time servant, companion, and bearer-teacher-warden of his children.
The Intimately OppressedSocieties based on private property and
competition, in which monogamous families became practical units for work and socialization, found it especially useful to establish this special status of women, something akin to a house slave in the matter of intimacy and oppression, and yet requiring, because of that intimacy, and long-term connection with children, a special patronization, which on occasion, especially in the face of a show of strength, could slip over into treatment as an equal.
The Intimately Oppressed
1. Societies based on private property and competition found it especially useful to establish this special status as women.
2. Monogamous families became practical units for work and socialization in societies based on private property and competition.
3. The special status of women was something akin to a house slave in manner of intimacy and connection.
The Intimately Oppressed
4. Intimacy and long-term connection with children requires a special patronization.
5. The special patronization, especially in the face of a show of strength, could slip into treatment as an equal.
Next Week:Features of a Paragraph
Writing AssignmentRewrite one of the compositions that you have
written this semester, paying special attention to your sentences. Combine sentences when it is
appropriate and use a good variety of sentences. You may choose whichever composition you feel
needs the most work.
Reading AssignmentCatch up on your reading of chapter 3. Finish
reading whatever you have not read of the chapter or review important concepts. Remember, you will be responsible for knowing the information in this
chapter even if we did not cover it in class. Start preparing now.
Office HoursEvery Tuesday 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Building 5, Second Floor
Radio showEvery Thursday 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Turn in your writing notebook.
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