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Simple, Compound, Complex - Three sentence types to build upon Once you know them - Quiz yourself

More! A modifier is a sentence element — a word or a phrase — that provides details by Mark Nichol as retrieved from: @http://www.dailywritingtips.com

Three types of modifiers exist:
 * 1) those that qualify by answering the question of how or under what conditions something occurs,
 * 2) those that set conditions or explain circumstances by answering the question of  who, what , when , where , and why ,
 * 3) and those that provide reasons or conclusions.

Modifiers can also be classified into these categories: 1. **Initial dependent clause**: “Even though I was tired, I went for a walk.” 2. **Initial infinitive phrase**: “To calm down, I went for a walk.” 3. **Initial adverb**: “Immediately, I went for a walk.” 4. **Initial participial phrase**: “Trying to distract myself, I went for a walk.” 5. **Mid-sentence appositive**: “I, in an effort to calm down, went for a walk.” 6. **Mid-sentence participial phrase**: “I, trying to distract myself, went for a walk.” 7. **Terminal present participial phrase**: “I went for a walk, hoping to distract myself.” 8. **Terminal past participial phrase**: “I went for a walk, soothed by the breeze.” 9. **Terminal resumptive phrase**: “I went for a walk — a walk that did me good.” 10. **Terminal summative phrase**: “I went for a walk, an activity that calmed me down and distracted me from my troubles.” And, for a bonus, employ a combination of phrases: “Even though I was tired, I, in an effort to distract myself, went for a walk, soothed by the breeze.”

=Compound Modifiers= by Daniel Scocco as retrieved from: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/compound-modifiers/

The compound modifier is my very favorite piece of the English language. It’s a hobby of mine to go around hyphenating word groupings that are modifying unbeknownst to them. Once you learn what it’s all about, you’ll do the same. But, what is a compound modifier, you ask. Well, let me tell you…

Which would you rather read? “//She looked up at the green sky and shrunk away from the white lightning//” or “//She looked up at the eerie-green sky and shrunk away from the white-hot lightning//“. A compound modifier refers to two or more words expressing a single concept. Regular adjectives modify nouns all the time, but a compound modifier goes much further. > //His yellow-green teeth were visible beneath a salt-and-pepper mustache.// The words //yellow// and //green//, and //salt// and //pepper// are adjectives modifying the nouns //teeth// and //mustache//. Since they appear before the noun, they are hyphenated. If they followed the noun, they would no longer be hyphenated. > //From underneath his mustache, which looked like salt and pepper, you could see his teeth of yellow and green.//
 * The rule**

The only time the compound modifier is not hyphenated ahead of the noun is if the word //very// or an adverb ending in //ly// is used. For instance: “//The very dark sky hovered over us//” versus “//The raven-black sky hovered over us//.”
 * Exceptions**

Sometimes the compound modifier does keep the hyphenation after the noun – when it follows a form of the verb “to be”. For example: “//The soup was water-thin, but delicious all the same//.”

//The shelves were buckling under the weight of dust-covered books.// //Books covered in dust filled the buckling shelves.// //Books, which were dust-covered, filled the sprawling shelves.// //We followed the man through a poorly lit corridor.// //The room we entered was well-lit.// //We entered a well-lit room.// //We followed him into a room, well lit with candles and a fire.//
 * More examples**

SENTENCE DIAGRAMMING


 * Resources:**

Noden, H. (2011). //Image grammar: Teaching grammar as part of the writing process//. Heinemann, New York, NY. @http://www.dailywritingtips.com Thank you Master teachers - Lauri Hamill and Linda Hanson