Introductory Phrases ITN Introductory Phrases The following slide

Introductory Phrases

ITN: Introductory Phrases • The following slide is going to have example sentences from various novels. Write down everything you observe about these sentences. • ALSO, when we start talking about your observations, be sure to also write some of the good observations of your peers because they have some good things to say!

ITN: Introductory Phrases • With the exception of Will and a couple of others, we all share the same body type. –Divergent by Veronica Roth • Even though it was a geographic inconvenience, I really liked Holliday Park. –TFIOS by John Green • Waiting for the number one tram on a wide street busy with traffic, I said to Augustus, “The suit you wear to funerals, I assume? ” – TFIOS by John Green • By all the rules of normal magic, meanwhile, she ought not to be able to see Hermione and him at all. -Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling • Before settling down, I take my wire and set two twitch-up snares in the brush. -The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

ITN: Introductory Phrases • An introductory phrase is like a clause, but it doesn’t have its own subject and verb; it relies on the subject and verb in the main clause.

ITN: Introductory Phrases Waiting for the number one tram on a wide street busy with traffic This is the introductory phrase. Notice there is no subject in this clause and it relies on the subject in the , independent clause…Hazel. The necessary comma I said to Augustus, “The suit you wear to funerals, I assume? ” –TFIOS by John Green The verb The subject

ITN: Introductory Phrases • Using your own reading book, find three sentences that have an introductory phrase and write them in your journal. • Underline the introductory phrase • Circle the comma • Star the subject • Put a box around the verb • Repeat for each sentence you found