1. Add to your grammar notes--Bedford 47: Sentences Key Terms
Sentences can do wacky things. Let's define some terms and practice identifying them in order to better understand how sentences do what they do.
*Direct Object--the thing that receives the action of the verb.
Bob slapped Joe.
*Indirect Object--the thing for whom or to whom the action of the verb is done.
Bob slapped Joe on Jerry's behalf.
*Transitive Verb--a verb with a direct object that receives the action. (The verb TRAIN is open!)
Bob slapped Joe.
*Intransitive Verb--a verb with no object that simply indicates something about the subject. (The verb TRAIN is closed...)
Joe shouted.
*Object Complement--a phrase or word following a direct object that renames or describes the object.
Bob slapped Joe, whose face did a cartwheel.
*Subject Complement--a phrase that completes the meaning of the main subject by renaming or describing it. The subject and subject complement are linked with a linking verb.
Bob slapped Joe with an open hand.
*Expletive--an empty word that serves only to get the sentence started
There are seven children."
Now, identify the underlined portions of these sentences:
1. The hungry cat clawed the bag of food.
2. The bird flew.
3. Jim gave Jeff a can of tuna.
2. Reading review--
*What is the contrast between Pip and his hometown?
*How does Herbert attempt to comfort Pip about Estella?
*How is Wopsle's performance in Hamlet? How does Dickens use humor here?
*Why do you think Wemmick takes Pip on a tour of the Newgate Prison? Why does Dickens include this?
3. Begin reading Ch. 33-35. Anticipate reading by considering these questions--
*How might things proceed with Estella? How will Miss Havisham factor into Pip and Estella's relationship?
*What will happen with Mrs. Joe and her ongoing infirmity?
*How will Pip's relationship with his hometown, and the people there, continue to change given new plot events? What in Pip's character will impact this change?
HW--Ch. 33-35
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