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Unit 1b Sentence Patterns
Unit 1b Sentence Patterns
Unit 1b Sentence Patterns
S = subject/first noun
tV = follows subject; verb that takes a DO
IO = second noun; person/thing to/for whom
action is performed/receiver of action
DO = third noun; answers the question
WHAT/WHO
5. S –tV – DO – OC
Subject (S) transitive Verb (tV) Direct Object (DO)
Objective Complement (OC)
Main reference:
Dadufalza, C. D. 1992. Reading into writing 1. Makati City
Philippines: Bookmark, Inc. pp. 120-121
RHETORICAL SENTENCE PATTERNS
1. Periodic (Main idea is withheld until the end
of the sentence.)
2. Semi-Periodic (Main idea is positioned in
between introducers and continuers or
reinforcers.)
3. Loose/Cumulative (Main idea is stated at the
beginning of the sentence followed by
additional information./The sentence
continues after the main idea has been
stated.)
4. Balanced (The phrases or clauses balance
each other in likeness or structure, meaning,
or length.)
RHETORICAL SENTENCE PATTERNS
1. PERIODIC - Main idea is withheld
until the end of the sentence.
How fireflies with their
continuously blinking lanterns
switch them on and off as they flit
in the night often puzzled me as a
child.
Source:
Dadufalza, C. D. 1992. Reading into writing 1. Makati City Philippines:
Bookmark, Inc. pp. 120-121
2. SEMI-PERIODIC - Main idea is positioned in
between introducers and continuers or
reinforcers.
In contrast to the labor movements in may foreign
countries that have politically waged the class
struggle for major reform, American unions exist
primarily for economic betterment: to try to get
higher wages, shorter hours, more vacations,
easier work rules, fringe benefits such as pensions
and health insurance, democratic rights for men
on the job, and so forth.
Source:
Dadufalza, C. D. 1992. Reading into writing 1. Makati City Philippines:
Bookmark, Inc. pp. 120-121
3. LOOSE - Main idea is stated at the beginning
of the sentence followed by additional
information./The sentence continues after
the main idea has been stated.
Many tough-minded economists would agree that
much of our government aid now goes to very
prosperous commercial farmers, with too little
filtering down to the really poor farmers, whose
poverty makes them most deserving.
Source:
Dadufalza, C. D. 1992. Reading into writing 1. Makati City Philippines:
Bookmark, Inc. pp. 120-121
4. BALANCED - The phrases or clauses balance each
other in likeness or structure, meaning, or length.
“…government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.”
“But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.”
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