Blog Assignment #2 (1/31)

1. It would be repetitive to use the word "winter" any further because the word already makes up the title, which signifies what the passage is about. The reader obviously knows what the "it" is referring to, and so there is no reason to over-explain the meaning. Additionally, writing that only alludes to something rather than stating it outright is generally more interesting; it leaves more to the reader's imagination. Considering this is somewhat of a poetic passage, allusion or vagueness is to be expected.

2. Short sentences such as the ones in Winter are usually used to show a transition of thought or a quick action. Short sentences give a sense of spontaneity and disconnection, which are often the nature of thoughts, and so they are most often used in narrative. A short sentence may also be used to emphasize the message within the sentence, rather than risk it being overlooked if used in a longer sentence.

Blog Assignment #1

Adverbials Exercise

1. Original sentence: "I am in the classroom."
Adverbial sentence: "I am in the classroom in a university by a road. "

2. Original sentence: "I am bored."
Adverbial sentence: "I am bored by the class, but the teacher is funny."

3. Original sentence: "My stomach feels hungry."
Adverbial sentence: "My stomach feels hungry because I didn't eat lunch."

4. Original sentence: "I yawned."
Adverbial sentence: "I yawned because I didn't get as much sleep last night as I would have like to."

5. Original sentence: "Professor Fornes has energy."
Adverbial sentence: "Professor Fornes has energy because he drank too much coffee."

6. Original sentence: "I went to the store for gas."
Adverbial sentence: "I went to the store for gas because my car's gas tank was nearly empty."

7. Original sentence: "I think my head is tired."
Adverbial sentence: "I think my head is tired from thinking too much."

Seven Sentence Patterns Exercise

1. Subject-Be-Adverbial:

"I am in the classroom."

2. Subject-Be-Subject Complement:

"I am bored."

3. Subject-Linking Verb-Subject Complement:

"My stomach feels hungry."

4. Subject-Intransitive Verb:

"I yawned."

5. Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object:

"Professor Fornes has energy."

6. Subject-Transitive Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object

"I went to the store for gas."

7. Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object-Object Complement:

"I think my head is tired."