Gillette, Jackson

Sentences used : 1,2,3.

The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight.

NP: The Charleston Cougars are playing the Carly Rail Hawks

Articles: the (x2)

Common Nouns: none

Proper Nouns: Cougars, Rail Hawks

Adj: Charleston (Cougars), Carly (Rail Hawks)

VP: Are playing the Carly Rail Hawks in soccer tonight

Verbs: playing

Adv: tonight

PP: In soccer

Prepositions: in

Article: none

Nouns: soccer

DO (if any exist): The Carly Rail Hawks

Noun: Carly Rail Hawks

Article: the

IC: in soccer tonight

DC: The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight.

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) compound

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight.

I am tired the boy said and then drifted off to sleep.

NP: I am tired the boy said

Articles: the

Common Nouns: boy

Proper Nouns: I

Adj: am tired

VP: said and then drifted off to sleep.

Verbs: said, drifted

Adv: then, off

PP: to sleep

Prepositions: to

Article: none

Nouns: none

DO (if any exist): the boy

Noun: boy

Article: the

IC: I am tired

DC: the boy said and then drifted off to sleep

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) compound

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: I am tired the boy said and then drifted off to sleep.

Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency, it’s usually nothing more than a paper cut.

NP: my mother

Articles: none

Common Nouns: mother

Proper Nouns: none

Adj: My(mother)

VP: Claims to have an emergency

Verbs: claims, have

Adv: none

PP: it's usually

Prepositions: usually

Article: it's

Nouns: none

DO (if any exist): nothing more then a paper cut

Noun: paper cut

Article: a

IC: It's nothing more than a paper cut

DC: Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex): compound complex

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency, it's usually nothing more than a paper cut.

Oct. 8 2012

1. Compound Sentence: A compound sentence contains more than one clause. (2 IC = Compound Sentence)

"I broke the window with a bat, I'm in serious trouble.

Clauses
 * I broke the window with a bat. (IC)
 * I'm in serious trouble. (IC)

2. Complex Sentence: A sentence that contains a subordinate clause or clauses. (1 IC + 1 DC = Complex Sentence)

"I broke the window with a bat, it was messy.

Clauses
 * I broke the window with a bat (IC)
 * It was messy (DC)

3. Compound Complex Sentence: A sentence that contains either at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause, or two dependent clauses and one independent clause. (1 IC + 2 DC = Compound Complex Sentence, works also with 2 IC/ 1 DC)

"I broke the window with a bat and I'm in serious trouble, it was messy.

Clauses I broke the window with a bat (IC) I'm in serious trouble (IC) It was messy (DC)

ta-da....

Oct. 11 2012

Circle 1 Limbo "Going from nowhere...to nowhere" - Bob Dylan

Circle 2 Lust "What creates life will destroy your eternal soul" - Matthew 10:28

Circle 3 Gluttony "Those who commit the sin of gluttony are sent to hell. They are forced to eat rats, toads and snakes; and all you're worried about is getting fat" - Anonymous

Circle 4 Greed "He who dies with the most toys - still dies" - Anonymous

Circle 5 Anger "He who angers you, conquers you" - Elizabeth Kenny

Circle 6 Heresy "There is no heresy or no philosophy so abhorrent to the church as a human being" - James Joyce

Circle 7 Violence "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, then to put on a cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence" - Mahatma Gandhi

Circle 8 Fraud "Rather fail with honor than succeed with Fraud" - Sophocles