Here is yet another blog about my
cats. I don't have much else to write about since I'm usually at
work or doing homework. And my cats are always nearby to be
inspiration, RASCALLY, MISCHEVIOUS, AND AWESOME. (adjectives out of
order).
As soon as I sit down they come
charging over towards me, FLYING THROUGH THE AIR WITH EACH LEAP,
ready to jump upon my keyboard. (Participle). They curl up on my
laptop, LITTLE BUNDLES OF FUZZ, and refuse to budge. (Appositive with
commas). As soon as I move them, they immediately return (THE LITTLE
BRATS). (Appositive with parentheses). If I try to run with my
laptop into the other room, they charge after me: FLUFFY MISSILES OF
DESTRUCTION AND CHAOS. (Appositive with a colon). As difficult as
they make my homework-something I am not fond of doing in the first
place-they are still awesome.
Paul,
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the brushstrokes that you included in your writing. For some reason, it seems that cats are now the theme of our class! However, after reading your writing, I noticed that you accidentally forgot to include an appositive sentence using dashes. Although you probably know where to find these in our course packet, one example related to cats would be, "armed with his weapons - his claws - he hid behind the bush." Although I believe you know how to do this brushstroke, I was just wanting to point it out to you in case you may have forgotten that POW. Also, maybe I am wrong, but your sentence with the "adjectives out of order" POW seemed to throw me off. Maybe it is because I used my adjectives towards the beginning of the sentence. After reviewing over the course packet, you did do it correctly. Nice job, it just threw me off. Very good job on these POW's, they seemed to be very difficult to me!
Everett Klodt
Appositives punctuated 4 ways:
ReplyDeleteYES--1 set off by parenthesis
NOT ATTEMPTED?--1 set off by dashes
YES--1 set off by colon
YES--1 set off by commas
YES--1 Participial Phrase— either past or present participle okay
YES--1 example Adjectives Out-Of-Order