Punctuation and Reading...

1. Journal-

Any possible topics for your CNF essay?  Whacha thinkin?

2. Punctuation Discussion:

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Hyphen and Dashes


from OWL- 
Dashes (—) can be used to indicate an interruption, particularly in transcribed speech:
The chemistry student began to say, “An organic solvent will only work with—” when her cell phone rang. 

They can also be used as a substitute for “it is, “they are,” or similar expressions.  In this way they function like colons, but are not used for lists of multiple items, and are used less frequently in formal writing situations:

• There was only one person suited to the job—Mr. Lee. 

They can also be used as substitutes for parentheses:

• Mr. Lee is suited to the job—he has more experience than everybody else in the department—but he has been having some difficulties at home recently, and would probably not be available. 

Note that dashes are double the length of hyphens.  When you type two hyphens together (--), most word processors automatically combine them into a single dash.


Common Mistakes...

1.  Fragment.
2.  Comma Splice
3.  Run on
4.  Tense shift.
5.  Verb tense agreement.
6.  Parallelism.
7.  Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
8.  Comma after introductory elements-


Reading.  Short excerpts... or, if it's short, the whole.

Applause.

HW-  Reading--  An example of a CNF short-- Orwell, A Hanging 

          Read as writer, and bring to class two tricks Orwell employs for discussion....

HW-  Drafting.... When should it be due?