英语写作 lecture 5 sentence completeness, agreement, unity and coherence.ppt

Lecture 5: Construction of Sentences Goals: to know the features of effective sentences to write correct and effective sentences Effective sentences: CompletenessAgreementUnityCoherenceCombinationEmphasisConcisenessVariety 1. Sentence Completeness Ex. Thought about leaving the room. The old man returning home after eight years’ absence to find that all the neighbors he had known were no longer there. The essay is poorly organized, there is no central idea. Because he didn’t finish his homework, so he continued working in the classroom. I was born in a small town, in the town there was only one school, I studied there for six years. 1. Sentence Completeness Causes: Fragments 片断句 Comma-splices 逗号误用 Run-on sentences 粘连句 Methods to check the completeness: Find the subject or the predicate V. Find out comma fault. (a period, a semi-colon, a colon, or a dash) Find out the main clause and attach the subordinate clause to it. Homework: It was raining hard, they could not work in the fields. There were people who would be glad to see him leave the place, he knew it. The principal of the school may do something to reduce the pupil’s homework load, he may, for example, stop assigning homework for Saturday and Sunday. Answers for reference: It was raining hard; they could not work in the fields. It was raining hard. They could not work in the fields. It was raining so hard that they could not work in the fields. They could not work in the fields because it was raining hard. It was raining hard, so they could not work in the fields. As it was raining hard, they could not work in the fields. 7. It being raining hard, they could nto work in the fields. There were people who would be glad to see him leave the place -- and he knew it. There were people who would be glad to see him leave the place, and he knew it. The principal of the school may do something to reduce the pupil’s homework load -- he may, for example, stop assigning homework for Saturday