This week’s tutoring session
This week for the writing intern ship I sat on the comfy couch and waited for people to come in needing help with their writing, and that was about the extent of my intern ship. I caught up on come reading and chatted with the writing tutors: I don’t think ten o’clock on a Thursday is a popular time for students to come and talk about their writing. Not to mention its still the beginning of the semester and students will most likely wait till midterms start to loom overhead, until they seek help.
Chapter 3 review
In chapter three they talk about transitive and intransitive verbs. Transitive verbs are those that need complements within the sentence, words like suggested need a thing and what to accompany the verb. Intransitive verbs are those in which the verb can stand alone. Extras can be removed from the sentence and the verb will be able to stand on its own. So to go along with these transitive and intransitive verbs we also have modifiers and complements. Modifiers just add some flare to the sentence rather than complete it: a complement on the other hand is needed to complete the sentence and is related to the verb that is used. When using a modifier it can be cut if a sentence becomes too wordy; by shaving weight a sentence can take a stronger direction, but on occasions the modifier can make a sentence great and would be ill advised to remove it. The book has three things to look for when making revisions: do we have the right verb? Are the complements compatible with it? Do the modifiers add anything important? This question set shows that there is a good systematic way to go about revision process and to always have these types of questions in your head as you go about your paper.
Revision of sentences
· So to go along with these transitive and intransitive verbs we also have modifiers and complements.
· To go along with transitive and intransitive verbs we have complements and modifiers; respectively; to have a comprehensive sentence.
For this revision I chose to remove some of the modifier words to reduce wordiness and added “respectively” to have some clarity added to the sentence.
· Not to mention it’s still the beginning of the semester and students will most likely wait till midterms start to loom overhead, until they seek help
· Not to mention, it’s the beginning of the semester and students will likely wait till midterms loom overhead, to seek help
In this sentence I chose to remove modifier words to avoid confusion. And the sentence now fits all the questions the book has about verb choice in chapter 3.
Reading about modifiers and compliments, taught me a lot. Chapter three expresses how they can be used with your writing and also how you can take a specific word out a sentence to make your sentence sound more professional. I like your first revised sentence because you took out the word "these", but at the same time you added more length to your sentence to make it sound better.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading chapter 3, I learned the same things as you did about verbs and it taught me a lot because in all honestly I have never heard about these types of verbs. I am constantly adding verbs but sometimes they don't seem right or that they are not complimented properly. As for the ending questions, I believe they helped me in the revision and could also help me in the future to make sure I am using them correctly. Your sentence correcting worked great, by adding words and removing the "wordiness" of the sentences helped them become more straight forward and to the point.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much did the same thing during the internship. I think it's still a little too early in the semester for it to be busy but I'm sure it will pick up in a few weeks or so. I found that Modifiers can be a little tricky. You don't want to many, but you still need some to give your paper a sense of style. After reading Chapter 3 I'll be much more aware of how I'm using my verbs and structuring my sentences so that they still read well while not being to wordy.
ReplyDeleteThose couchs are pretty nice. After reading your cover on chapter 3 I have another understanding for the chapter it makes it a lot more clear.
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