Writing Class 4

18/03/09

BOW WOW WoW YIPPEE YO YIPPEE KAI EH MOTHERFUCKER

WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FARRRR
Sentences
-modifiers
Ugly, brown, rofltastic ball

-Clause
-Phrase
-Apostrophes

JO KICKED THE BALL
Jo = Subject
kicked the ball = predicate

Jo = subject
screamed = predicate

Predicate
- verb
- subject

The dog / barked
No subject

The dog / barked at the child

I / fell off the table, and bruised my elbow, quite badly


TENSE
I tear the pods open, eat the peas, and throw the empty husks away.

I am tearing the pods open, eating the peas, and throwing the empty husks away.

I tore the pods open, ate the peas, and threw the empty husks away.
-am tearing
-tore
-had torn
-was tearing
-used to tear <--- different
-had been tearing
-have torn
-have been tearing

1st person - the person speaking
2nd person - the person spoken to
3rd person - the person spoken about

Singular
1 I / ME / MY / MINE
2 YOU / YOU /YOUR /YOURS
3 HE/SHE/IT | HIS / HER / ITS | HIS /HER /ITS

Plural
1 WE / US / OUR / OURS
2 YOU / YOU /YOUR / YOURS
3 THEIR / THEY /THEIRS

They sold their bike.
You sold your bike.

Buy
Buys
Buying
Bought
Bought

Bring
Brings
Bringing
Brought
Brought

Bake
Bakes
Baking
Baked
Baked

Take
Takes
Taking
Taken (2008, Starring Liam Neeson)
Took

Sing
Sings
Singing
Sung
Sang


PUNCTUATION
Use a comma
- where you would naturally pause
- between items on a list
- to mark off words or phrases added to the beginning of a sentence.
-to mark off a non essential thought or phrase.
-with a conjunction between sentences.

... steak, pasta, vegetables, and fish and chips
FUCKIN CLARITY AND/OR GRACE

FISHENCHIPS

Unfortunately, I won't be there tonight.
I won't be there tonight, I'm afraid.

Jo, who just joined the team, kicked the ball.
While it was raining, I read a book.

Students who are wealthy, are rare.
Students, who are wealthy, are rare.

Students who are poor must buy books.
Students who are poor, must buy books.

It's raining. I'm still going out.
It's raining, but I'm still going out.

-before or after using a person's name
"You were right, James"

"Come on, Jack"
"Come on Jack"




The Colon :

It does one thing.
It introduces

Jack wants only one thing: love.
Jack wants only one thing: a happy family.
Jack wants only one thing: he wants to get married.
Jack wants four things: love, children, money, and fame

The Icicle refrigerator beats it's competitors in one key area: reliability.

I met my three best friends: Jack, Jill and Joe

;_;