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Concrete, specific words are used, esp. onesyllable verbs are used to quicken the speed of the action. Few adjectives and adverbs to quicken the rhythm Various shades of words are used to avoid repetition, : disintegrate/ break apart/demolish/devastate ? Sentence level: Elliptical and short simple sentences (Para7—27). Increase the tempo and speed of the actions being described. Hence in a dramatic narration they serve to heighten tension and help create a sense of danger and urgency. ? Textual level: Building up and sustaining the suspense by describing in detail and vividly the incidents with the sequence of happenings Discussion : (Ex. XIII) in class ? Problems in sentence writing 1) The runon sentence 2) The sentence fragment 3) The dangling modifier 4) The illogical or faulty parallelism 5) The shift in point of view ? Oral: What have you learned from the text? Runon sentences ? A runon sentence is two or more plete thoughts (or independent clauses) that are run together without adequate sign given to mark the break between them. Some runon sentences have no punctuation at all to mark the break between the thoughts: I am going to school, if I don39。t get there on time, I will be late, my teacher will punish me, I will have to stay after class. ? I made a shelter for myself by placing the packs by a large rock and I curled up between them the saddle blanket gave me little protection against the sharp, flinty stones but the biggest problem was the cold. Sentence fragments ? Sentence Fragments are inplete sentences. They are usually missing one of the three ponents : subject, verb, object. Most sentence fragments written by Chinese are ones that have missing verbs. They usually thought a word ending in ing is the principle verb when in fact they are a participle or a gerund. For the unemployed , going to attain night school to prepare for a better job. The current city policy on housing is inplete as it stands. Which is why we believe the proposed amendments should be passed. Purdue offers many majors in engineering. Such as electrical, chemical, and industrial engineering. Dangling modifier ? A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. A modifier describes, clarifies, or gives more detail about a concept. Relieved of your responsibilities at your job, your home should be a place to relax. Without knowing his name, it was difficult to introduce him. To improve his results, the experiment was done again. Faulty parallelism ? Faulty parallelism occurs when the elements put into pairs and series go in different directions because they do not have the same form. In other words, nouns should be coordinated with nouns, verbs with verbs, adjectives with adjectives, adverbs with adverbs, phrases with phrases, and clauses with clauses. Following are three mon types of faulty parallelism: faulty pairs, the shifted series, and the and who or and which construction. Few people were aware of his fear or how unhappy he was. Gee39。s report of the meeting was unclear, biased, and shouldn39。t have been printed. Mary is a person with great creativity and who should be asked to help with the program. That barn is a building having enough room to stable twelve horses and which was built by my great grandfather. Dictation 1) hurricane 2) methodically 3) pummel 4)douse 5) scramble 6)ferocity 7) maroon 8)devastate 9)implore 10)sanctuary 11)extinguish 12) elevate 13)sprawl 14)spaghetti 15)salvation 16)rampage 17)wreckage 18) vantage point 19) disintegrate 20)gruff 21)slashing rain 22)debris 23) topple over 24)canteen 25)salvage Homework ? Writing: Write a short paragraph about 200 words describing an event about people in a crisis Prepare for Unit 2 Marrakech ? Group work and presentations 1) Author 2) Morocco 3) Marrakech 4) French colonies, 5) Jewish history, Jews 6) Analysis of the text