<p> Advanced Writing Practice Part IV – “The Knight’s Tale”</p><p>Name: Date: Period: Varied Sentence Beginnings 7. Gerund (a verb that ends in “ing” and acts as a noun) Ex.: Traveling to different countries and experiencing different cultures creates many learning opportunities. Ex.: Listening well requires not only concentration but also action.</p><p>8. Participial Phrase (a verb that ends in “ing” or “ed” and acts as an adjective) Ex.: Considering the matter fully, Marco decided to undertake the project. Ex.: Stressed by the length of the test, Joel constantly watched the clock as he worked.</p><p>Individual Practice – Write four original sentences. 1. Use gerund </p><p>2. Use gerund </p><p>3. Use participial phrase </p><p>4. Use participial phrase </p><p>Parallelism Parallelism: Writing with parallelism involves using similar sentence structures to express ideas that are similar in content. You can use parallelism to balance or contrast related ideas.</p><p>Not Parallel: The doctor saw the boy, named the illness, and she gave a pill. Parallel: The doctor saw the boy, named the illness, and gave a pill.</p><p>Not Parallel: She asked where the fire was and the cause of it. Parallel: She asked where the fire was and what caused it.</p><p>Practice. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that related ideas are expressed in similar or parallel structures.</p><p>1. The vegetables can be boiled, baked, steamed, or you can eat them raw.</p><p>2. Using resourcefulness and a neighbor lent him a ladder, Tom rescued the kitten from the tree. </p><p>3. George’s favorite pastimes are swimming, jogging, and to play basketball. </p><p>4. You will gain weight if you increase your caloric intake and your exercise is decreased. </p><p>5. 5. After the lightning and before it thundered, we had four seconds of silence. </p><p>Quote Integration Rule 4: When quoting passages already in quotation marks (dialogue) replace the double quotations with single quotation marks (apostrophe key) and then put the entire passage within double quotes.</p><p>Example: Upon his death, Arcite declares his eternal devotion to Emily and promises “’To you, O lady that I love the most;/But I bequesth the service of my ghost’” (lines 1917-1918).</p><p>Example: After continuing to mourn Arcite for over a year, Theseus chastises Palamon and Emily by saying that their excessive sadness is”’offending so against [Arcite], they [also] offend/Themselves, and are not happier in the end” (lines 2217-2218).</p><p>Individual Practice – Write four original sentences with quotes using extra ‘ ‘ for dialogue. 1. (Palamon’s (and his men’s) valor in battle) </p><p>2. (Arcite’s (and his men’s) valor in battle) </p><p>3. (Palamon’s (and his men’s) valor in battle WITH gerund sentence beginning) </p><p>4. (Arcite’s (and his men’s) valor in battle WITH participial phrase sentence beginning) </p><p>Homework – Due tomorrow On your own paper, write a paragraph on the following prompt: How does Emily’s situation emphasize a male dominated society? Requirements:  Topic Sentence answers the prompt  Appropriate commentary  Active Voice throughout  2 quotes incorporated using dialogue “’ ‘”  2 sentences using gerund and/or participial phrase varied sentence beginnings  2 vocab words must be incorporated (different words from last one)</p>