Monday, September 21, 2015

Identifying Basic Grammar Patterns


In this blog post, I chose my longest paragraph of my QRG and I used the "Grammar Basics" section of Rules for Writers (pg. 367-400) to identify various features. I analyzed and commented thoroughly on my longest paragraph. I identified sentence structures and purposes, parts of speech, sentence patterns and subordinate word groups.

Jimmie. "Grammar minibook." 06/17/2009 via Flickr.
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I really enjoyed doing this blog post. It required me to stop and take a clearer look on the structure of my writing, and not just the context. I learned that though I do include variety in the length of my sentences naturally, I need to pay deeper attention to how I structure my sentences and thoughts. Again, I need variety in my writing. (This is a common theme that I am discovering about myself lately.)

Identifying the sentence purpose was probably my favorite part, because normally, in a school-related writing assignment, I just stick to the basic declarative sentences. If I branched out and included more imperative, interrogative and exclamatory sentences, that would automatically count as variety. Overall, this exercise helped me to recall the basics of grammar and apply them to my own writing.


--Jenny Bello

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  1. Needed to request access - can't assign points until I can access doc....

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