Unit 1.pdf - Southwest High School
Unit 1.pdf - Southwest High School
Unit 1.pdf - Southwest High School
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Activity 1.9<br />
continued<br />
Another Perspective on the World<br />
PUNCTUATION: improves clarity, reinforces meaning, constructs effect, and expresses the<br />
writer’s voice<br />
Punctuation: Purpose and<br />
Function<br />
The dash marks a sudden<br />
change in thought or tone, sets<br />
off a brief summary, or sets<br />
off a parenthetical part of the<br />
sentence. A dash often conveys<br />
a casual tone.<br />
Examining the Craft of a Model<br />
Sentence:<br />
Find a sentence using a dash<br />
from Ellison’s prologue and<br />
explain how he has used the<br />
dash and how it conveys tone.<br />
Revising Your Sentence<br />
Revise a sentence from your<br />
quickwrite or create a new<br />
sentence that uses a dash<br />
similar to the model sentence<br />
studied.<br />
The semicolon gives equal<br />
weight to two or more<br />
independent clauses in a<br />
sentence. The syntactical<br />
balance reinforces parallel ideas<br />
and imparts equal importance<br />
to the clauses.<br />
Find a sentence using a semicolon<br />
from Ellison’s prologue<br />
and explain how it conveys<br />
tone.<br />
Revise a different sentence from<br />
your quickwrite or create a new<br />
sentence using a semicolon<br />
similar to the model sentence<br />
studied.
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