March 7th

PARTS OF SPEECH test will be after Spring break!

Go over "There Will Come Soft Rains":

Bradbury style alike: Motifs, senses, description, tonal shift.

Course Questions: #1, 3.


"Footloose" newspaper article:
Find ALL the mistakes...

x,y, and z. (y,and= oxford comma).
You can't start a sentence with a conjunction. (FANBOYS)
times [sic].



SENTENCE COMBINING STRATEGIES:

1. Em-Dash: Used to indicate an interruption of thought.
• If you were going to -- if you dictated what we spoke -- like I'm using them right now -- you would need a lot of em-dashes. (first em-dash is causing a "re-start", other two work together.)