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Week 14: GoFormative #2 (Nonessentials)

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Period 3 EdPuzzle: 
Complete the Edpuzzle either in the GoFormative or by clicking on the link HERE.

Period 5 EdPuzzle: 
Complete the Edpuzzle either in the GoFormative or by clicking on the link HERE.

Question 1

1.

I watched all of the video about nonessentials/parentheticals (worth 10 points; this will be checked, just like NoRedINk fyi)

Yes

No

Question 2

2.

Click "show your work" and underline two examples of nonessentials

Question 3

3.

Click "show your work" and read the directions

Question 4

4.

Combine the two elements. Separate the nonessential/parenthetical with commas.

Independent Clause: Amir and Baba escaped Afghanistan.
Parenthetical/Nonessential: characters in The Kite Runner

Question 5

5.

Combine the two elements. Separate the nonessential/parenthetical with dashes

Independent Clause: Hassan was crying as he left the only home he ever knew.
Parenthetical/Nonessential: Amir's childhood friend

Question 6

6.

Combine the two elements. Make the prepositional phrase an intro by separating it from the IC with a comma

Independent Clause: They escaped in an old oil truck.
Parenthetical/Nonessential as an INTRO: with no other choice

Question 7

7.

The sentence you created above had a prepositional phrase as an introduction to your sentence. What word is the preposition in the prepositional phrase?

on

truck

with

no

Question 8

8.

The sentence you created above had a prepositional phrase as an introduction to your sentence. What word is the obect of the preposition (the noun after the preposition)

with

choice

no

truck

Question 9

9.

Worth 10 points

Create your own sentence with the following elements:
A prepositional phrase as an intro (here is a list of common prepositions to help you get started)
An IC about Amir
A nonessential/parenthetical that separates the subject from the predicate in your IC (A nonessential/parenthetical often begins with the words who, which, a, or the)