Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

"She was a whirling cloud of death, a queen of shadows, and these men were already carrion."

Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

Mechanically Inclined by Jeff Anderson

One morning I awoke before her and found her still asleep, arms wrapped around his pillow, her breath soft, cat at her feet. (5)
-Kathy Appelt, My Father's Summers

"And on my honor," Bear said, his voice booming, his arms spread wide. (172)
-Avi, Crispin

I sit by the door, my knees drawn to my chest. (5)
Now he was walking toward us, hands on hips, his sneakers kicking up little puffs of dust. (39)
-Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Mr. DeCuervo got out first, his hair making him look like a giant dandylion. (3)
-Amy Bloom, "Love is Not a Pie" in Come to Me

Freefall by Ariela Anhalt

But that night at the party, dancing with Rachel, Luke started to feel at ease.

Identify the following:

• Participial Phrase
• Subordinate Clause

The Mark of the Thief by Jennifer Nielsen

    "Tolerated?"  I snorted.  If near starvation, beatings, and dangerous assignments were tolerance, then, yes, Sal had been excessively generous to me.

Identify the following:

• Subordinate Clause

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   "Tolerated?"  I snorted.  If near starvation, beatings, and dangerous assignments were tolerance, then, yes, Sal had been excessively generous to me.

Mark of the Thief by Jennifer Nielsen

In Rome, nothing mattered more than the gods, and nothing mattered less than the slaves.


In the above sentence, identify the following:

• parallel structure
• alliteration

Nicholas Sparks ~ Safe Haven

As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivans: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts; the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled.  ~ Chapter 1, Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
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Identify the compound sentence, the complex sentence,  and the multiple participial phrases.




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As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivans: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts; the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled.

• Subordinate Clause
• Participial Phrases
• One of the three ways to join a compound sentence

Your Turn

• Imitate Sparks' first two sentences.

Arthur Miller ~ Participial

Allusion:  Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

• View book trailer here.
• Hint:  this might be a potential thematic topic to pursue as we read The Crucible.

"The heart of darkness was the belief that a massive, profoundly organized conspiracy was in place and carried forward mainly by a concealed phalanx of intellectuals,including labor activists, teachers, professionals, sworn to undermine the American government."

• Arthur Miller, "Are You Now Or Were You Ever?" from The Guardian/The Observer(online), Saturday, June 17, 2000

Participial and Participial Phrases:  four in one sentence.

• Note the descriptive detail these participials add to the sentence:
• organized
• concealed
• including labor activists, teachers, professionals
• sword to undermine the American government
• SEE the difference?
• "The heart of darkness was the belief that a massive conspiracy was in place and carried forward mainly by a phalanx of intellectuals."
• Group Work:  Using this sentence, embellish it with participials and participial phrases...please!
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• Individual Assessment:  Check-up Time!