Prepositions What is a preposition n Anything that

Prepositions

What is a preposition? n Anything that fits in this space: “It was _____ the box. ” ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ From Near Over Under Inside By At…

n Single Prepositional Phrase: “The whole congregation prayed for me alone in a mighty wail…” – Langston Hughes, The Big Sea n Multiple Prepositional Phrases: “The angry man chased Mikey and me around the yellow house and up a backyard path, under a low tree, up a bank, through a hedge, down some snowy steps, and across the grocery store’s delivery driveway. ” – Annie Dillard, An American Childhood * Prepositional Phrases can be removed from the sentence without destroying the basic meaning of the sentence. But notice how including them adds detail and style to the sentences. Prepositional phrases build better sentences

Single Prepositional Phrase: “The whole congregation prayed for me alone …” – Langston Hughes, The Big Sea n Multiple Prepositional Phrases: “The angry man chased Mikey and me. ” n – Annie Dillard, An American Childhood n * Prepositional Phrases can be removed from the sentence without destroying the basic meaning of the sentence. But notice how including them adds detail and style to the sentences. Prepositional phrases build better sentences

Imitate: n n “After the final bell, he dragged himself up to the chemistry lab. ” – Frank Bonham, Chief “With the cutting of each branch, with the sawing of each tree, with the depletion of each forest, the world continues to lose valuable wilderness. ” –Annie Delorio

Discover: n Using your copy of the excerpt from “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ” circle all the prepositions you can find and underline the rest of the prepositional phrase.

Discuss n n n How does adding a prepositional phrase affect a sentence? Are their specific times where you would want to add a prepositional phrase more? Are their times where you would not want to include one?

Expand: n n Add a prepositional phrase or mulitple prepositional phrases to this sentence to make it more interesting and descriptive. “At the start there had been a few boos and hisses…” – George Orwell, 1984