Restrictive vs Non-Restrictive Adjective Clauses

Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses

Objectives

• Distinguish between Restrictive and Non-Restrictive 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.

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Open Ended

Why is punctuation so important in writing?

Restrictive 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.

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Nonrestrictive 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.

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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

• Non-Restrictive

Multiple Choice

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

• Restrictive

• Non-Restrictive

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.

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

• Restrictive

• Non-Restrictive

​Declarative sentences

• Makes a statement

• Ends with a period

• The sky looks blue, and the clouds look gray. ​

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​Interrogative Sentences

• Poses a question

• Ends with a question (?) mark.

• ​Interrogative sentences can be direct or indirect

• ​Who finished your meal today, raise your hands?

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Exclamatory Sentences

• Expresses a strong emotion

• Ends with an exclamation (!) point.

• ​I can't believe it! You're here in Los Angeles.

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Imperative sentences

• gives a command or implies a request

• ends with a period (.) or an exclamatory point (!)

• Please remain seated until the seatbelt sign is off.

• Now wash your hands!

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Tell whether each sentence is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.

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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.

Multiple Choice

Go the the basement, please.

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Declarative

Multiple Choice

You were meant to be back yesterday!

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Interrogatory

• Exclamatory

Multiple Choice

Funnel clouds develop from the colliding of hot air

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

Whom did you call to the party tomorrow?

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Declarative

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Look at the map!

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Declarative

• Exclamatory

Multiple Choice

Remove the packaging. Open the blue box and connect the two wires.

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

• Declarative