Sentence Variety
Appositives
I designed the Bush Gardens, a luxury condominium
for retired politicians.
While at the Bush Design Group, an architectural firm in
Dallas, I headed the team that redesigned the golf
course at the Southern Gentlemen’s Country Club.
Resumptive Modifiers
Within ten years we could meet our energy needs with
solar power, power that will be cheap and
environmentally friendly.
Summative Modifiers
With these new digital tools, designers can plan, design
and assemble models a great deal more quickly and
accurately. tasks which were more difficult before.
(task sums up plan, design and assemble)
Task:
Write three sentences about your employment history/experience
using the above structures:
example:
I worked on the rammed earth project, an MIT project
designed to test the strength of an ancient building
technique.
1.____________________________________________________________
1
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
2
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21G.228 / 21G.227 Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)
Spring 2007
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