AP English Language AMSCO Guided Notes
7.3: Sentences
AP English Language Guided Notes
AMSCO 7.3 - Sentences
Essential Questions
- How can sentences express relationships among ideas?
I. Arranging Sentences
1. What is a clause and what is the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause?
2. How does the arrangement of clauses, phrases, and words within a sentence affect the emphasis of ideas?
A. The Power of Structure
1. Why can an independent clause stand alone as a sentence while a dependent clause cannot?
2. How do the order and arrangement of ideas in a sentence reflect the writer's purpose and intended meaning?
B. Arrangement of Sentences
1. How does placing the independent clause at the end of a sentence affect the reader's response to the information?
2. What effect does rearranging the order of sentences have on how readers understand the argument and respond to ideas?
3. How should writers use thoughtful arrangement of ideas and sentences to strengthen their arguments?
II. Subordination and Coordination
1. What is the difference between coordination and subordination in sentence construction?
A. Emphasis and Weight
1. What are coordinating conjunctions and what relationships do they convey between ideas?
2. What are subordinating conjunctions and how do they show that one idea has greater importance than another?
3. How does using coordination versus subordination change the meaning and effect of a sentence?
4. Why is signaling relationships among ideas through conjunctions more effective than presenting ideas in separate sentences?
Key Terms
arrangement
clause
coordination
phrase
sentence
subordination