Today’s agenda:
1. Review sentence combining
2. Literary term – plot
3. Sentence combining exercises – quiz
Tomorrow- “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
PLOT
1. Plot is the sequence of related events or actions in a story. A plot can usually be broken down into a traditional five-part plot structure. These parts of the plotline are as follows:
1. exposition – expose, show- an introduction to the main characters, settings, and situations of the plot
2. rising action - the events and complications that lead to an important and dramatic point in the plot, story starts to build in tension
3. climax - the point of greatest interest and emotional involvement in the plot
4. falling action - the events that develop from the climax and lead to the conclusion
5. resolution or denouement - the final outcome which ties up any loose ends left in the story
This structure of the plotline can be depicted as a lopsided pyramid, with two base lines.
What is the plotline for “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”?
-exposition?
-rising action?
-climax?
-falling action?
-denouement?
Exercises for homework:
THE CONCERT
Combine each group of sentences into one longer sentence.
1. We talked for a long time.
We were talking on the telephone.
Our telephones were cellular.
Our telephones were new.
EXPLICIT PROCESS:
We talked for a long time. KERNEL
We were talking on the telephone.
Our telephones were cellular.
Our telephones were new.
Elements to be combined:
We talked for a long time.
on the telephone.
cellular.
new.
Sentence style? simple? compound? complex?
Simple We talked for a long time on our new cellular telephones.
Logic? We talked on our cellular phones because they were new.
Doesn’t make sense. Meaning?
2. We talked about our plans.
The plans were exciting.
The plans were for a concert.
The concert was at GM Place.
Simple
We talked about our exciting plans for a concert at GM Place.
We talked excitedly about our plans for a concert at GM Place.
We talked about our plans for a concert at exciting GM Place. XXX
What is it that you want to see?
It’s not just the grammar. It’s about the meaning that you wish to convey.
3. GM Place was noisy.
GM Place was crowded.
People were finding their seats.
People were yelling.
4. We looked for our seats.
Our seats were all in one section.
The section was on the floor.
We stayed together in a group.
5. The concert ended at 11.
We were hungry.
We left GM Place.
We went to our favourite restaurant.
6. We arrived home.
It was late.
We were tired.
We were happy.
Remember the sentence styles: simple, compound, complex.
Quiz#6
3 exercises- do each one in two different way using two different sentence styles- simple, compound, complex, compound complex
Email it to me by 9:20.
Combine each in two different styles (six sentences in total).
1. I moved to Calgary.
Calgary is the capital of Alberta.
I got a job.
I found an apartment.
2. Chicken soup is one of my favorite foods.
The soup is homemade.
It has vegetables.
It has noodles.
It is healthy.
3. Maria has a son.
Her son has a hobby.
Her son is 15.
Her son plays piano.
Her son writes songs.
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