Warm Up 9-15-2014 (WtK)1.  Mood: is the attitude a verb conveys in a sentence. If you change

a verb’s mood, the tone of the sentence containing it will also change. The mood depends on the sentence’s purpose.

2.  Indicative mood: is used to make statements of fact or opinion; the indicative is the most commonly used mood. Example: Bob needs to clean his room today.

3.  Imperative mood: is used for commands or direct requests; writers use the imperative mood when they are trying to create a dramatic effect, or when they are trying to be persuasive. Example: Bob, clean your room today!

4.  Subjunctive mood: is used to express wishes, doubt, or contradictions; In the subjunctive mood, In the subjunctive, “were” is used for all persons, singular or plural. Example: If I were king, you would be queen. If he had worked, he could have earned high wages.

5. Conditional mood: is used to express a condition or a hypothetical situation. The conditional sometimes expresses hypothetical statements. Example: If Bob had cleaned his room, he could have played. If you ate fruit, you’d be healthier.

6.  Interrogative mood: is used to ask a question; Example: Have you cleaned your room yet, Bob?

Expository (informational) Writing Prompt:

What is the diff erence between a domestic cat and a wild cat? How are they alike? List your fi ndings in a Venn diagram.

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Domestic cat

Wild cat

1. Add correct punctuation and capitalization.

Hey everybody shouted the guide look at This 700-foot high sand dune

2. What kind of sentence? (interrogative, imperative, or declarative)

The number of bacteria in each quart of backyard soil is 30 times the world’s population.

3. What part of a book is an alphabetical listing of terms used in the book, along with the definitions?

4. Write the correct form of the adjective noisy.

Lulabelle is the __________ of the three elephants.

5. A lady tells a story about events at the World’s Largest Maple Syrup Festival. She narrates the story as an outsideobserver. The point of view is:

(a)first person (b) second person (c) third person

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“Now I Lay me Down to Sleep”

Lie, lay – who can tell the difference? You can if you memorize this:

You lie down for a nap.• Yesterday, you lay down for a nap. You lay something down on the table.

Write three sentences that use lie and lay correctly.

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I Sail Over the Bleachers…Write two paragraphs describing the following scene:

Andy Pettitte throws a nasty pitch, but Trot Nixon hits the ball out of the park, winning the game.

Write the first paragraph in the third person from the perspective of a fan in the stands, and the second paragraph in the first person from the perspective of the baseball.