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Published on Nov 19, 2015
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1.
WRITING CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
BY MR DOWNING
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Manoj Kengudelu
2.
FEATURES OF MODERN SENTENCES
The first part of the sentence up to the first comma or dash is general
The first part of the sentence up to the comma can stand only
The parts following the first comma/dash describe the first part of the sentence
The parts following the commas can't stand alone by themselves
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Manoj Kengudelu
3.
RULES FOR WRITING A CUMULATIVE SENTENCE
The first part of the sentence up to the first comma is called a base clause
The rest of the sentence after the base clause contains additions
These additions cannot stand alone without the base clause
Each addition is separated from another addition by commas or dashes
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Manoj Kengudelu
4.
EXAMPLES
He lay for a quarter of an hour without thinking,lips parted,
Legs and arms extended, breathing quietly as he gazed at the figures
In the wallpaper until they were hidden in darkness.
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Manoj Kengudelu
5.
EXAMPLES
I sensed a wrongness around me, like an alarm clock that had gone off without being set.
Her hair was slicked against her head with a bun in the back, a proper married-lady hairdo.
On the corner a guy played the saxophone, the sound sliding into the darkness and echoing off the bricks
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Manoj Kengudelu
6.
VERB CLUSTERS
Verb clusters are a type of cumulative sentence
Verb clusters use ing words after the base clause
Another term for verb cluster is present participle
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7.
VERB CLUSTER EXAMPLES
The faces of clouds were piled up, hurting.
I climbed the fence,jumping down with a grunt.
They were teenagers in the picture, grinning at the camera.
Byron started walking toward Momma in slow motion, sliding his feet in the snow.
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Manoj Kengudelu
8.
CREATE CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
Create cumulative sentences in your narrative
Use at least 5 verb clusters
Vary the sentence length
Try a cumulative sentence that has more than one addition
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Manoj Kengudelu
Tim Downing
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