Concept #1 Blending quotes is as much about thinking critically as it is about writing better sentences. A sentence that effectively blends a quote reveals analytical insights into a text that go well beneath the surface. Applying complex sentence structure provides a framework to dig deeper beneath the text.

Concept #2 Your sentences that contain quotes from the text should be analytical sentences that happen to have a quote embedded in to your own analysis. Ex: Gene realizes how much Phineas is a part of himself when he says, “I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral” (194). Ex: Mrs. Mallard emotes new found happiness when she whispers, “Free, free, free.”

Concept #2 ctd. Poor example: Gene says “I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral” (194). He says this as Phineas is being laid to rest. Poor example: Mrs. Mallard locks herself in her room and sits in a “roomy arm chair.” She does this after she thinks here husband is dead. Is anything in the above sentences actually analysis of the text?

Concept #3 A complex sentence with a blended quote should contain a quote that reveals an important insight, and does not merely reveal plot. EX: Symbolizing the warmth and protection of innocence and youth, “from the Devon Woods trees reached in an unbroken, widening corridor” serving as a thick barrier of protection from the harsh outside world, during the innocence of the summer session (30).

Concept #4 The anatomy of a complex thought process and a complex sentence with a quote from the text: 6 Part Sentence: – Self Evident detail (quote from text) – Level 1 Analysis (what might be true) – Level 2 Analysis (what larger idea we can infer) – Participial Phrase – Adverbial Clause – Independent Clause

Concept #4 ctd. When Gene explains that “the tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age,” remarking on the change in the tree over fifteen years, his coming of age and change in perspective parallels the altered appearance of a tree that once meant the world to Gene (14). Adverbial Clause and Self Evident Detail Participial Phrase and Level 1 Analysis Independent Clause and Level 2 Analysis

Concept #4 ctd. When Gene explains that “the tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age,” remarking on the change in the tree over fifteen years, his coming of age and change in perspective parallels the altered appearance of a tree that once meant the world to Gene (14). The critical thinking process: – Gene says, “the tree” looked very different – What might be true about Gene when he says this? He has changed as much as the tree. – What can we predict, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize about Knowles’ larger purpose with this scene? Gene has come of age and sees things very differently now.

The beauty of sentence structure… We can mix it up for variety! Remarking on the change in the tree over fifteen years, When Gene explains that “the tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age,” his coming of age and change in perspective parallels the altered appearance of a tree that once meant the world to Gene (14).

Leper goes AWOL while in the army He can’t handle the realities of war. Leper is not ready to exist in an unprotected, adult world. Concept #4 ctd. Surface Level – Right there in the text; Self Evident What might be true: Requires us to dig deeper. Level 1 Analysis What we can evaluate/synthesize. The “gems!” Level 2 Analysis

Phrases and Clauses Review Phrases: Missing either a subject or the verb Clauses: Have all the stuff (Subject and Verb) Adverbial Clauses – Add more information to he basic verb (when, why, how… does the action happen) Participle Phrases- always function as adjectives, adding description to the sentenceadjectives

Phrases and Clauses Review Ctd. Participial Phrase: A phrase that begins with a present or past participle EX: Running through the woods, I tripped and fell. EX: Repressed by her husband, Mrs. Mallard only loved him “sometimes.” Note that the underlined phrase has no subject. It gives us more info about Mrs. Mallard but is not a complete thought.

Adverbial clauses can be used frequently to allow us to construct more detailed, complex sentences. EX: When the teacher left the room, the kids starting misbehaving. EX: When Mrs. Mallard prays that “life would be long,” she embraces the years ahead that will be hers. Phrases and Clauses Review Ctd. The clause is adverbial because it tells us “when” she embraces. The clause is dependent, so it forces our sentence to have to continue.

Phrases and Clauses Review When Gene explains that “the tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age,” remarking on the change in the tree over fifteen years, his coming of age and change in perspective parallels the altered appearance of a tree that once meant the world to Gene (14). Simple Subject: His change Simple Verb: parallels When does his change parallel the tree? When he explains that… – Thus, the phrase describing WHEN he parallels the tree adds to the verb, parallels, so it is an ADVERBIAL CLAUSE.

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Quote Blending and Higher Order Thinking Using the info you gathered on your chart yesterday, construct complex sentences that blend your quote into your level 1 and level 2 analysis.