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Mastering Subject and Predicate Notes - Learn, Practice, Dominate!

Explore the fundamentals of subjects and predicates with practical examples. Understand the roles and importance of each in crafting clear and effective sentences. Dive into simple and compound subjects and predicates to enhance your writing skills.

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Mastering Subject and Predicate Notes - Learn, Practice, Dominate!

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  1. Walk in Work • Get paper out ready for notes

  2. Subject/Predicate Notes

  3. What are Subjects? • The person place or thing (noun) that is doing/performing the action or being described. • Subjects can be both simple and compound. • Answers the question: who or what verbs

  4. Subject Examples • Sentence: The blue pencil sharpener destroyed my colored pencil. • Subject: The blue pencil sharpener • Sentence: The beautiful mountain looked majestic in the snow. • Subject: The beautiful mountain • Sentence: Chief tripped the innocent teacher in the hallway. • Subject: Chief

  5. What are Predicates? • A piece of the clause that includes the verb and the words that tell what the subject does. • Predicates can be both simple and compound • Answers the question: What is the subject doing?

  6. Predicate examples • Sentence: Kyle thinks he can dunk the ball. • Predicate: thinks he can dunk the ball • Sentence: Trinity handed in her assignment to Mr. McCall. • Predicate: handed in her assignment to Mr. McCall • Sentence: Ben jumped for joy to write the Text Dependent Analysis. • Predicate: jumped for joy to write the TDA

  7. Simple/Compound subject • Simple Subject: The focus of the sentence disregarding adjectives. The simple subject are noun(s) only. • Compound Subject: Generally more than one simple subject combined with coordinating conjunctions- includes adjectives.

  8. Simple/Compound subject examples Simple subjects examples: - Mr. Barrie had to fight off a bear in Canada years ago. Simple S. = Mr. Barrie - The dog barked for food. Simple S. = dog Compound examples” - Mr. Gambler and his advisory played silent ball on Friday. Compound S. = Mr. Gambler and his advisory

  9. Simple/Compound predicates • Simple predicate: The basic word that explains what specific action the subject is doing. Always a verb. • Compound predicate: Includes all the words that are attached to the verb or the action. Generally more than just the verb.

  10. Simple/Compound predicate examples • Simple predicate example: -James Harden scored 61 points the other day. Simple P= scored Compound P= scored 61 points the other day. Example 2: -The Chiefs went offside on a critical play to lose the game. Simple P= went Compound P= went offside on a critical play to lose the game.

  11. Remainder of the period: • Work on your persuasive essays due Wednesday end of class • Make sure your writing has 2 ethos 2 logos and 2 pathos (all identified) • Your logos will need citations

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