Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses

Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses

Objectives

• Distinguish between Restrictive (Essential) and Non-Restrictive (Non-essential) clauses, words, and phrases

• Use Punctuation to add style, clarity and convey a specific meaning

• ​Apply punctuation rules for Commas, Parentheses, and colons

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Multiple Select

Which of the following devices do you know how to use correctly?

• Appositives

• Parallel structure

• Restrictive/Non-Restrictive

• Commas/Semicolon

How does punctuation add style and convey specific meaning in writing?

Think of punctuation like traffic signs that tell us how to proceed when reading a sentence. It can also add pauses and emotion to our sentences.

Subject | Subject

Open Ended

Why is punctuation so important in writing?

Restrictive (essential ) phrases and clauses are essential to the meaning of a sentence and are not set apart by punctuation.

• The Musicians wearing the red ties are playing in the Jazz band

• I'm not sure what to eat, but I think I'll eat something that is light and healthy.

• The kids whom I babysit love to go to the park.

Subject | Subject

Nonrestrictive ( non-essential)phrases and clauses are a way to add extra information to sentences.

• That dog, with gray spots, belongs to my neighbor.

• Those boys, who played in the band together, are all going to study music.

Subject | Subject

Open Ended

Which clause helps identify which teacher is being honored?

The teacher, who is retiring, is being honored.

Multiple Choice

What type of clause is displayed below?

Oliver Twist, which was Dickens’s second novel, is a classic.

• Restrictive/Essential

• Non-Restrictive/Non-Essential

Multiple Choice

The astronaut who first stepped on the moon was Neil Armstrong.

• Restrictive/Essential

• Non-Restrictive/Non-Essential

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice is the best way to combine the following sentences? Amanda is my best friend. She is on the honor roll again.

• Amanda, my best friend. She's on the honor roll again

• Amanda, who is my best friend, is on the honor roll again.

• Amanda who is my best friend is on the honor roll again.

Multiple Choice

Kaylee, who just graduated from high school, is an accomplished figure skater.

• Restrictive

• Non-Restrictive

Multiple Choice

Do you know what to do in case of severe weather?

• Delcarative

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

Multiple Choice

Read the following: The players who are wearing the red uniforms are winning the game. Which answer choice correctly identifies the correct clause with the proper explanation?

• nonrestrictive clause: If we take out the clause, the original intent of the sentence doesn't change. The information is non essential.

• restrictive clause: If we take out the clause, we won't know which players are winning the game. The information is essential.