Directions

So, yeah, the pictures are a little twisted, but if you print them up, it will all be okay.  For Tuesday, print each paragraph up and put the body paragraphs in the best order to develop the the thesis: Standards of beauty are actually acts of violence.

Then add your own introduction and conclusion.  Finally, tape the whole mess together!

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This might be useful for essay #3!

American Gothic

Sentence Variety Notes

Consistency in VERBS!

Verbs stink.  They just do.  They have to accomplish so much in our sentences that it almost seems like they are multitasking too much. 

Verbs: tell time, show action, link subjects to descriptions, and help readers reflect on the subject. 

1.  Tell time:

• There are several verb tenses (past, present, future) as well as types (simple, perfect)
• Carla ate a pound of cherries.  Now she is sick. 

2.  Show action:

• This is the most exciting way to get action across in a sentence.  SHOW what's happening. 
• Marc flew across the room!

3.  Link to a description

• Many times, we use linking verbs to connect the subject to a description of itself.  This still completes an idea perfectly.  However, it doesn't show much.  Instead, it just informs or tells.
• The rain is falling (note that rain is described as falling)

4.  Helps the readers understand the subject

• This is called subject/verb agreement.  It means that if you have a singualr subject, you must have a verb that is also singular and vice versa. 
• One way to "test" this is to see how many "s" you have.  Singular nouns generally do not end in "s," but singular verbs generally do
• The meat stays fresh for one week. 
• Plural nouns generally do end in "s," but plural verbs generally do not
• The meats stay fresh for one week. 

In our writing, it is important to keep a sense of consistency with verbs.  The most common areas of consistency for verbs are in tense and consistency in showing subject/verb agreement. 

    

     It was 1850.  A poor German-born peddler named Levi Strauss came to San Fransico, trying to sell canvas cloth to tent makers.  By chance he met a miner who complaines that sturdy workpants is hard to find.  Stauss had an idea, measures the man, and makes him a pair of canvas pants.  The miner loved his new breeches, and Levi Strauss goes into business.