Joe (Dong) Kang
Professor Gibbons
Writing 90
10/06/14
Exercise Set #7
1.
Story # 1
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John took the bus to the hospital.
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John walked the hallways to find his daughter's room.
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He paused outside the room. Scratching his head, he was thinking of how he had to
tell her that he had to go back to Afghanistan.
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He entered and saw his daughter. She looked at him with a bright smile. He sat on a
chair right next to her bed.
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John talked with his daughter in her hospital room.
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John received a phone call and walked out in the hallway to talk. The army moved
his extraction date to tomorrow morning. He hung up and decided not to tell his
daughter about his leave.
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John re-entered his daughter's room.
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He sang her to sleep.
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John slept in a chair in the daughter's room.
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He woke up and walked out of the hospital.
Story # 2
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John took the bus to the hospital.
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John walked the hallways to find his daughter's room.
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He paused outside the room. He had the clown costume on that she really liked. He
prepared his gag as he was about to enter her room.
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He entered and saw his daughter. He got a pie and splashed it into his own face. His
daughter was laughing with so much joy.
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John talked with his daughter in her hospital room.
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John received a phone call and walked out in the hallway to talk. He got the news
that he could donate his heart to his daughter. A tear slowly fell from his face
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John re-entered his daughter's room.
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He sang her to sleep.
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John slept in a chair in the daughter's room.
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He woke up and walked out of the hospital.
2. a) The fireworks bloomed over the bay like a sun rising over the dark ocean, as if Helios
himself was riding over the great body of water.
b)
i) Stage 1: Students love to have fun at the park
Stage 2: Students love to have fun at the park on a sunny day
Stage 3: Students love to run around, as they are having fun at the park on a sunny day
Stage 4: Students love to run around with the wind blowing in their face, as they are
having fun at the park on a sunny day.
Stage 5: Students love to run around, drenched in sweat, with the wind blowing in their
face, as they are having fun at the park on a sunny day.
Stage 6: Students love to run around, drenched in sweat, with the wind blowing in their
face, as they are having fun at the park on a warm sunny day.
ii) Dean, Dean’s wife, and a Whitehorse man were electrocuted from the lightning
strike, as their tent fly was with lesions.
c) What if there was an explanation of what the ship goes through and what the sailors go
through, when they are a hit by a perfect storm that they will not survive?
3. a) The(article) Congress(noun) shall(verb) have(verb) Power(noun) To(adverb) lay(verb)
and(conjunction) collect(verb) Taxes (noun), Duties (noun), Imposts (noun) and (conjunction)
Excises(noun), to(adverb) pay(verb) the(article) Debts(noun) and(conjunction) provide(verb)
for(prepositional) the(article) common(adjective) Defense(noun) and(conjunction)
general(adjective) Welfare(noun) of(preposition) the(article) United States(noun);
but(conjunction) all(adjectives) Duties(noun), Imposts(noun) and(conjunction) Excises(noun)
shall(verb) be(verb) uniform(verb) throughout(preposition) the(article) United States(noun);
To (adverb) borrow (verb) Money (noun) on (prepositional) the (article) credit (verb) of
(preposition) the (article) United States (noun);
To(adverb) regulate(verb) Commerce(verb) with(preposition) foreign(adjective)
Nations(noun), and (conjunction) among(preposition) the(article) several(adjective)
States(noun), and(conjunction) with(preposition) the(article) Indian(adjective) Tribes(noun);
Syntax Emulation: The (article) boy (noun) would (verb) eat (verb) food (noun) to (adverb)
strengthen (verb) and (conjunction) improve (verb) muscles(noun), joints (noun), tendons
(noun) and (conjunction) bones (noun), swiftly (adverb) consuming (verb) the (article) banana
(noun) and (conjunction) eating (verb) through (prepositional) the (article) juicy (adjective)
watermelon (noun) and (conjunction) sweet (adjective) corn(noun) on(preposition) the
(article) counter(noun); but (conjunction) every (adjectives) carrots (noun), cabbage (noun)
and (conjunction) lettuce(noun) rotted(verb) molded(verb) spoiled (verb) through
(preposition) the (article) night(noun);
Happily (adverb) enjoying (verb) fruits (noun) on (prepositional) a (article) run (verb) through
(preposition) the (article) park (noun);
Joyfully (adverb) eating (verb), consuming (verb), through (preposition) beautiful (adjective)
days (noun), even (conjunction) on (preposition) a (article) gloomy (adjective) Saturday (noun),
and (conjunction) on (preposition) a (article) jolly (adjective) Wednesday (noun);
b) Running vigorously (participial phrase), John, the jolly clown (appositive phrase), ran
through (prepositional phrase) a wall that was 5 feet tall (adjectival clause), because he was
chased by little kids (adverbial clause).