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Writing Workshop 4 (continued)
Revising
Revising for Figurative Language and Word Choice
8. Reread the class-constructed story. Where might you add figurative language? What effect would it achieve?
9. In the story “A Hundred Bucks of Happy,” Chris remembers what life had been like before Dad left. The tone of this section is clearly different from other parts of the story. Reread the five paragraphs from the section that begins, “Things hadn’t always been like this.” Describe the tone of these paragraphs. Underline the words and phrases that convey this tone.
10. Review your class-constructed story. Discuss sections of the story where your class wants to achieve a particular tone. Revise your word choices, or diction, to achieve the tone your class agrees upon.
Revising for Language and Writer’s Craft
Using Varied Sentence Types
To add variety to your writing, writers use different kinds of sentence types. We will be looking at four types that use combinations of independent clauses and dependent clauses.
An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Becky spent many hours perfecting her short story for publication.
A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause is not a sentence and cannot stand alone. Often a dependent clause is marked by a dependent marker word, such as if, because, since, when, or while.
While Becky spent hours perfecting her story,... (What happened while Becky spent this time? The thought is incomplete.)
Below, you will see samples of four different types of sentences from “A Hundred Bucks of Happy.”
Simple Sentence (one independent clause)
“I found it on the corner of Maple and Grove streets.”
“It was a hundred-dollar bill.”
12 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 7
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