1. ASSIGNMENT Turn in your homework now. Turn in your homework now. Upload your narrative essay draft to Moodle and bring 5 copies to class so we can all read them together. Upload your narrative essay draft to Moodle and bring 5 copies to class so we can all read them together.

2. 1 MINUTE PAPER What was the most important thing in either reading? What was the most important thing in either reading? What was the muddiest point in either reading for you? What was the muddiest point in either reading for you?

3. NOUN PHRASES & CONVENTION DEVIATION

4. GERUNDS AND PARTICIPLES Gerund: Gerund: verbal noun; that is a verb acting like a noun Example: Fishing is fun. Participle: a verb acting as an adjective, a verbal adjective Example: I went to fishing class.

5. DETERMINERS AND PREPOSITIONS IN NP Determiner: Determiner: precedes and modifies a noun and gives information about quantity, definiteness, and possession. Example There are a zillion spiders in the attic.

6. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT We Is Going to Do Grammar Correctly

7. FIND THAT SUBJECT Most errors in subject-verb agreement happen because we lose track of what a sentence’s subject is. Most errors in subject-verb agreement happen because we lose track of what a sentence’s subject is. When composing and editing, find the subject, determine if it is singular or plural, and then make sure the verb agrees with it. When composing and editing, find the subject, determine if it is singular or plural, and then make sure the verb agrees with it.

8. MAKE THE VERB AGREE WITH THE SUBJECT, NOT A WORD THAT HAPPENS TO COME BETWEEN THEM. The samples on the tray in the lab need testing. The samples on the tray in the lab need testing. High levels of air pollution cause damage to the respiratory tract. High levels of air pollution cause damage to the respiratory tract. The slaughter of pandas for their pelts (has/have) caused the population to decrease dramatically. The slaughter of pandas for their pelts (has/have) caused the population to decrease dramatically.

9. TREAT MOST SUBJECTS JOINED WITH “AND” AS PLURAL Leon and Jan often jog together. Leon and Jan often jog together. He and I are good friends. He and I are good friends. Each tree, shrub, and vine (need/needs) to be pruned. Each tree, shrub, and vine (need/needs) to be pruned. [What makes this one different?]

10. SUBJECTS JOINED WITH OR, NOR, EITHER…OR, NEITHER…NOR Make the verb agree with the closest subject A driver’s license or credit card is required. A driver’s license or credit card is required. A driver’s license or two credit cards are required. A driver’s license or two credit cards are required. Neither the lab assistant nor the students (was/were) able to download the results. Neither the lab assistant nor the students (was/were) able to download the results.

11. TREAT COLLECTIVE NOUNS AS SINGULAR UNLESS THE MEANING IS CLEARLY PLURAL [Try putting the noun “members” in for help.] The board of trustees meets in Denver yearly. The board of trustees meets in Denver yearly. The board always argue where to eat out. The board always argue where to eat out. The team (think/thinks) the coach does a great job. The team (think/thinks) the coach does a great job.

12. PERFORMING PROSE CH. 3 Convention and Deviation

13. RIGIDITY Some conventions get mistake for rules and we forget there is some play to them depending on the audience and occasion. Some conventions get mistake for rules and we forget there is some play to them depending on the audience and occasion. Church services Church services Starting a sentence with “and” Starting a sentence with “and”

14. “Stylistic conventions help writers manage their relationships with readers, placing them in a comfortable frame of mind by meeting previously established expectations. But in many genres of writing, such as the personal essay, readers expect not only to be comforted but also to be surprised occasionally by what the author says and the way it is said” (Holcomb and Killingsworth 38).

15. TRADITIONAL CONVENTIONS OF READABILITY It is active rather than passive It is active rather than passive It flows It flows It organizes for emphasis It organizes for emphasis It uses familiar language It uses familiar language It is concise It is concise FDR’s first Fireside chat.

16. DEVIATION Deviations can be from the arbitrary (this is what good writing is) Or deviations can be from a community norm (this is how scientists, psychologists, Democrats, or Republicans, etc. usually write)

17. ARBITRARY DEVIATIONS Passive voice vs. active voice: Passive voice vs. active voice: When and why is the syntax inverted? When and why is the syntax inverted? When is the agent foregrounded & when is it concealed? Why? When is the agent foregrounded & when is it concealed? Why? Organization for flow & emphasis? Though your car is fire, I did manage to clean that spot off the dash board.

18. ARBITRARY DEVIATIONS (CONT.) Word choice: metaphors, associations, how familiar is terminology?

19. COMMUNITY NORM DEVIATIONS Deviating from a genre: Deviating from a genre: Using the form of one genre in Using the form of one genre in place of another: place of another: https://youtu.be/1Ckv_Dz-Sio

20. DEVIATION "Any discussion of deviation involves locating the text in question within a particular genre and arena of performance and then designating the audience expectations within those limits" (Holcomb and Killingsworth 53).

21. ASSIGNMENT Turn in your homework now. Turn in your homework now. Upload your narrative essay draft to Moodle and bring 5 copies to class so we can all read them together. Upload your narrative essay draft to Moodle and bring 5 copies to class so we can all read them together.