08 June 2007

Sentence to Explain (from Assignment #7)

Consider the following sentence from Guts:

I would not learn how truly serious a moose attack could be until I was in Alaska training for the Iditarod. (Paulsen, 2001, p. 41)

Using grammar that we have discussed in this course, explain what you see in this sentence.

Sentence to Explain (from Assignment #7)

Consider the following sentence from Guts:

It was a generous offer and I didn't feel right rejecting it so I nodded and leaned down and tasted it. (Paulsen, 2001, p. 124)

Using grammar that we have discussed in this course, explain what you see in this sentence.

Sentence to Explain (from Assignment #7)

Consider the following sentence from Guts:

A fellow and I took my dogs up from Minnesota in an old truck, driving on the Alaska Highway for eight full days, and got to a place north of a trading post named Trapper Creek. (Paulsen, 2001, p. 42)

Using grammar that we have discussed in this course, explain what you see in this sentence.

Sentence to Explain (from Assignment #7)

Consider the following sentence from Guts:

I had taken a stroke with the paddle just as I saw her, and while I was smiling the canoe drifted close to her – not four feet away. (Paulsen, 2001, p. 42)

Using grammar that we have discussed in this course, explain what you see in this sentence.