Cumulative, Periodic, and Inverted sentences. Subject/Verb (SV) My father cried. Subject/Verb/Subject Complement (SVC) Even the streams were now lifeless.

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Cumulative, Periodic, and Inverted sentences

Subject/Verb (SV) My father cried. Subject/Verb/Subject Complement (SVC) Even the streams were now lifeless. Subject/Verb/Direct Object (SVO) We believed her. Subject/Verb/Indirect object/Direct Object (SVIO) Larry showed me a graph.

AKA “Loose sentence” Begins with standard sentence pattern “The women moved through the streets as winged messengers.”

Details can be dependent clauses or different kinds of phrases… “twirling around each other in slow motion” “peeking inside homes and watching the easy sleep of men and women.” These phrases add meaning to the standard sentence pattern.

The women moved through the streets as winged messengers, twirling around each other in slow motion, peeking inside homes and watching the easy sleep of men and women. -Terry Tempest Williams

“It is the wilderness.” What is the pattern? S=It V=is O=wilderness

That is beautiful, dangerous, abundant, oblivious of us…. Mysterious…. Never to be conquered or controlled or second guessed…. Or known more than a little.

“It is a wilderness that is beautiful, dangerous, abundant, oblivious of us, mysterious, never to be conquered or controlled or second-guessed, or known more than a little.” -Wendell Berry What is the effect?

Begins with multiple details and holds off a standard sentence pattern until the end.

I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. What is the standard pattern? S=I V=have enjoyed O=perfect exhilaration

The details go BEFORE the standard sentence pattern… Crossing a bare common In snow puddles At twilight Under a clouded sky Without having in my thoughts any occurance of special good fortune.

Complete! “Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson What is the effect?

“Often, after filling several notebooks with dozens of interviews, reading several books, diving into all manner of research materials, and making research trips, when I sit down to write, I do so without looking at my notes at all.” -Daniel Glick

What is the standard sentence? I do so without looking at my notes at all. Description? Often, after filling several notebooks with dozens of interviews, reading several books, diving into all manner of research materials, and making research trips, when I sit down to write…

Typical standard sentence (SV) The shadow of death was everywhere. Inverted sentence (VS) Everywhere was the shadow of death. How is the effect different in the standard pattern vs. the inverted sentence?