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Sentence Styles
Lesson Ten
Visible Speech
a short course
in the
fundamentals
of writing / lesson ten
By Joe Napora
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Prepositions
Take your basic
sentence:
John loves Mary.
[S + V + O]
Add a preposition
phrase:
John loves Mary with
all of his heart.
[S + V + O + PP]
Prepositions are the
most common words
in the English
language.
You can’t say more
than a few words
without one.
Prepositions, again
Take your basic
sentence with a
prepositional
phrase:
John loves Mary with
all of his heart.
[S + V + O + PP]
Write it in this form:
PP + S + V + O
With all of his
heart, John
loves Mary.
What is the
difference
between these
two sentences?
Absolutes
Take your basic
sentence.
John loves Mary.
[S + V + O]
Add an absolute
phrase.
His heart ruling his
head, John loves
Mary.
AP + S + V + O
Absolutes are phrases
that contain a
complete subject [his
heart] but only a
partial verb [ruling].
Appositives
Take your basic
sentence.
John loves Mary.
[S + V + O]
Add an appositive
phrase.
John, the great
Romeo, loves Mary.
S + ApP + V + O
The word
“appositive”
means
“positioned next
to.
Participles
Take your basic
sentence.
John loves Mary.
[S + V + O]
Add a participle
phrase.
Ignoring his mother’s
advice, John loves
Mary.
PP + S + V + O
Participles are ways
to add more
movement into your
sentences.
Relative Clauses
Take your basic
sentence.
John loves Mary.
which,
[S + V + O]
when,
Add a relative
clause.
where
John loves Mary, who
he only met
yesterday.
S + V + O + RC
Who,
are the most
common relative
pronouns.
End of Lesson 10