A Blueprint for Sentence Variety: A Sequential and Holistic Grammar and Punctuation Text

Preface: Letter of Introduction

Chapter 1: Verbs and Words That Look Like Verbs

Verb Conjugations

Words That Only Look Like Verbs

Infinitve Verbs

Gerunds

ing-Adjectives

ed-Adjectives

Other Verb-Based Adjectives

Adverbs 

Chapter 2: Subjects and Objects

Nouns

Noun subjects

Noun objects

Pronouns

Pronoun Subjects

Pronoun Objects

Chapter 3: Prepositional Phrases and Dependent Clauses

Prepositions

Objects of prepositions: nouns and object pronouns

Other words inside prepositional phrases: adjectives and adverbs

Words that create dependent clauses: subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns

Non-essential clauses, phrases, and words

The six ways we use the word “that”

Sentence fragments

Chapter 4: Independent Clauses

Punctuation of independent clauses using commas, semicolons, dashes,colons, and ellipses

Fused sentences

Comma Splices

Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)

Conjunctive adverbs

The three ways of punctuating conjunctive adverbs 

Chapter 5: Comma Rules

The 12 comma rules at a glance 

Chapter 6: Summarizing and Quoting: The Transition to Academic Writing

Appendices

 Appendix A: Verbs

 Appendix B: My Two Verb Conjugations Sample

Appendix C: Adjectives

Appendix D: Chapter 1 Letter Grading Rubric

Appendix E: Additional Chapter 1 Sample Compositions

Appendix F: Chapter 2 Letter Grading Rubric

Appendix G: Additional Chapter 2 Sample Compositions

 Appendix H: Chapter 3 Composition Grading Rubric

 Appendix I: Additional Chapter 3 Sample Composition

 Appendix J: Chapter 4 Composition Grading Rubric

Appendix K: Additional Chapter 4 Sample Compositions

 Appendix L: Chapter 6 Composition Grading Rubric

Appendix M: Additional Chapter 6 Sample Composition

 Appendix N: My Sentence Variety Portfolio 

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