The title of the blog makes our class sound dramatic! During class, we shared our prepositional short stories, which helped us learn about prepositions and the requirements of prepositional phrases.
Then, we discussed two sins in writing: ending a sentence with a preposition and over-prepositioning (my own term) in writing.
Whenever you notice a preposition at the end of the sentence, you will need to revise the word order and construction of that sentence. For example, "Mrs. Bennet had many grievances to relate, and much to complain of" comes from Jane Austen's pen. This could be rewritten as "Mrs. Bennet had many grievances and complaints to relate."
In addition, you may be the habit of using a great deal of prepositional phrases in your writing. The result = wordiness!
The balloon of blue from the circus floats across the sky with clouds.
The blue circus balloon floats across the cloudy sky.
As for exemplification, we practiced the relevancy, range, and specific aspects using the broad topic of "creativity." For homework, you are to take your assigned specific example and create a paragraph illustrating its creativity. If you were absent, you will need to pick a specific person, place, or object and write a paragraph illustrating how your selection reflects creativity.
Since we ran out of time on vocabulary, we will resume vocab experts tomorrow.
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