Literary Analysis and
Composition 2014-2015
Thursday, September 25
GUM 3.3
Literature 3.2
GUM 3.3
What are our lesson objectives?
Distinguish among adjective, adverb, and appositive
phrases in sentences.
Identify adjective, adverb, and appositive phrases
and the words they modify or rename in sentences.
Identify misplaced modifiers in sentences.
Keywords and Pronunciation
• adjective : a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or
pronoun
• adjective phrase : a prepositional phrase that modifies a
noun or pronoun
• adverb : a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb
• adverb phrase : a prepositional phrase that is used to modify
a verb, adjective, or adverb
• appositive : a noun or pronoun that identifies or explains
another noun or pronoun in the sentence
• appositive phrase : an appositive and its modifiers
Keywords and Pronunciation
• misplaced modifier : a word or phrase that seems
to modify the wrong word or words because it is
too far from what it describes
• noun : a word that names a person, place, thing, or
idea
• phrase : a group of related words that acts as a
single part of speech
• preposition : a word that shows the relationship
between a noun or a pronoun and another word in
the sentence
Keywords and Pronunciation
• prepositional phrase : a group of words that begins
with a preposition, ends with a noun or pronoun,
and is used as an adjective or adverb
• pronoun : a word that takes the place of one or
more nouns
• verb : a word used to express an action or a state of
being
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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1. The tiny tricycle rolled slowly into my room.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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2. On the handlebars, the toddler squeezed the
horn.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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3. Red streamers on the handles rustled softly.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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4. Everything was peaceful before her entrance.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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5. Actually, she shouts very quietly for a toddler.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
• 6. The toddler, my little sister Trixie, will be four
on Saturday.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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7. Today, I must wrap presents for her.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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8. I bought a large, purple bear for her with a big,
red nose.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
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9. Mr. Ash, the shopkeeper, called it the perfect
gift.
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive
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D. misplaced modifier
Let’s identify types of phrases!
• Write the letter of the term that correctly
identifies the underlined phrase in the sentence.
• 10. For now, how do I get her out of my room?
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A. adjective phrase
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B. adverb phrase
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C. appositive phrase
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D. misplaced modifier
Need more practice?
• 1. Combining Sentences Using Appositive Phrases
• 2. Identifying Phrases
Literature 3.2
• What are our lesson objectives?
• Identify climax.
• Demonstrate knowledge of authors, characters,
and events in works of literature.
• Describe characters based on speech, actions, or
interactions with others.
• Identify character traits and motivations.
• Identify theme.
• Recognize author's purpose and devices used to
accomplish it, including author's language,
organization, and structure.
• Recognize the effect of setting or culture on a
literary work.
• Recognize use of dialect.
• Identify and interpret figurative language.
• Recognize use of language to convey mood.
Keywords and Pronunciation
• dialect : a way of speaking that is particular to a certain
group of people, place, or time
• first-person point of view : narration of a story by one of the
characters, using the first-person pronouns I and me
• idiom : a phrase or saying particular to a certain place, time,
or group of people that is not meant to be understood
literally; for example, "to drive one up a wall"
• third-person point of view: narration of a story by an
objective outside observer of the action, using the thirdperson pronouns
“Gumption,” by Langston Hughes
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Let’s Look at Dialect
• What can we tell about characters by the way they
talk?
• How are Sylvester and his wife different from their
lodgers? How does Hughes show this difference by
the way they talk?
• Can you tell where the characters live by the way
they talk?
• Can you tell the time period in which they lived by
the way they talk?
Harlem Renaissance 1920-1930
• Duke Ellington, It Don’t Mean a Thing
• http://viewpure.com/qDQpZT3GhDg?ref=bkmk
• Palmer Hayden, Jeunesse