CL1-LP/POV/Appositives

Composition Lesson 1

Literary Present - 3rd Person POV - Appositive Phrases

Literary Present & Tense Shifting

When are the events in a
novel, play, short story, or
poem occurring exactly?

TENSES

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

was

is

will be

Poll

When do the events of Inside the Walls of Troy take place?

• Past

• Present

• Future

Poll

What about this Sci-fi novel (assume it is set in the titular year)?

• Past

• Present

• Future

What tense do we use to talk about literature then???

LITERARY PRESENT!

• Aphrodite promised promises to reward Paris with the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.

• Achilles dragged drags Hector’s body around the walls of Troy.

• Menelaus returned returns home to Sparta with his wife Helen.

Open Ended

Correct this sentence:

• Even while committing unsavory acts, Helen convinced the majority that she was not at fault and Instead blamed the gods.

Even while committing unsavory acts, Helen convinces the majority that she is not at fault and instead blames the gods.

Point-of-View

First - I
Second - You
Third - He/She/It & They

Aren't all of these acceptable and necessary in academic writing?

Poll

Select any of the personal pronouns you believe are commonly accepted in academic, formal writing

• 1st Person (I)

• 2nd Person (You)

• 3rd Person (He/She/It They)

Open Ended

Correct this sentence:

I believe that leaving your own flesh and blood for another person is perhaps one of the most cruel things you can do because everyone needs a mother.

Abandoning a child to run off with a stranger is a cruel act (you can do) because everyone needs a mother.

Appositive Phrases

Placement options increase sentence variety

• Opening phrase

• Intermediary phrase

• Terminal phrase

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​Appositive examples

Open Ended

Unscramble this sentence:

(Rearrange the 4 pieces to make a clear sentence. There will be an appositive phrase

a. the tyrannosaur

b. with huge flaring nostrils

c. a long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Baselton 's trouser legs

d. gave Baselton a smell

With huge flaring nostrils, the tyrannosaur gave Baselton a smell, a long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Baselton 's trouser legs.

Michael Crichton The Lost World

​The tyrannosaur, with huge flaring nostrils, gave Baselton a smell, a long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Baselton 's trouser legs.

Open Ended

Write an appositive phrase which describes the character you wrote about in your first paragraph,

(Exmp- Achilles, the fierce demi-god and warrior,)