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nullnullⅠ Adding details in narrative and descriptive essays How to connect the following two sentences? Marie was sitting at her desk. Her head was slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes.nullⅠ Adding details 1. Marie was sitting at her desk, and her head was slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes.nullⅠ Adding details 2. When/While Marie was sitting at her desk, her head was slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes.nullⅠ Adding details 3. Marie, whose head was slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes, was sitting at her desk.nullⅠ Adding details 4. Slightly lowering her head over a pile of linguistics notes, Marie was sitting at her desk. information focus, end focusnullⅠ Adding details 4. Slightly lowering her head over a pile of linguistics notes, Marie was sitting at her desk. 5.1 Marie was sitting at her desk, slightly lowering her head over a pile of linguistics notes. 5.2 Sitting at her desk, Marie slightly lowered her head over a pile of linguistics notes. nullⅠ Adding details 6. Marie was sitting at her desk, her head slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes.nullⅠ Adding details absolute structure, nominative absolute construction Add further details to the original description: Marie was sitting at her desk, her head slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes, her hands________________, her feet___________, her_________________.... nullMarie was sitting at her desk, her head slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes, a puzzled frown on her face. Marie was sitting at her desk, her head slightly lowered over a pile of linguistics notes, her hands clasped, her feet tapping the floor gently. 1. Everything considered, New York is the world’s most exciting city. 2. All months have either 30 or 31 days, February excepted. 3. There are, all told, 144 countries in the United Nations. The evening grew more menacing. The breeze became gustier. Whitecaps gave the lake a frothy, sinister appearance.nullThe evening grew more menacing, the breeze becoming gustier, whitecaps giving the lake a frothy, sinister appearance. The accountant sat quietly in the office. His eyes were closed.nullThe accountant sat quietly in the office, his eyes closed.nullThe accountant sat quietly in the office, eyes closed. Flexibility Try to add further detail to the above sentence in the form of another absolute structure, a participial phrase(-ing or –ed), or an appositive. null1. The accountant sat quietly in the office, eyes closed, four tickets to London in his hands / a puzzled frown on his face. 2. The accountant sat quietly in the office, eyes closed, waiting for the telephone to ring / sunk in depression. 3. The accountant sat quietly in the office, eyes closed, a defeated man. Causal/ cause-effect relationship The battleship slowly sank into the Pacific. The stern of the battleship was torn apart by torpedoes. nullBecause/Since/As/Now that its stern was torn apart by torpedoes, the battleship slowly sank into the Pacific. The battleship slowly sank into the Pacific, for its stern was torn apart by torpedoes. The battleship, whose stern was torn apart by torpedoes, slowly sank into the Pacific.null1. Because/Since/As/Now that its stern was torn apart by torpedoes, the battleship slowly sank into the Pacific. The battleship slowly sank into the Pacific, for its stern was torn apart by torpedoes. 2. Its stern torn apart by torpedoes, the battleship slowly sank into the Pacific.nullIts stern torn apart by torpedoes, its interior gutted by fire, the battleship slowly sank into the Pacific. Stern torn apart by torpedoes, interior gutted by fire, the battleship slowly sank into the Pacific. How to combine the following sentences? Larry decided to go see a movie. His homework was done. His English composition was written.nullHis homework was done and his English composition was written, so Larry decided to go see a movie. Since/As/Now that his homework was done and his English composition was written, Larry decided to go see a movie. After his homework was done and his English composition was written, Larry decided to go see a movie. Larry decided to go see a movie, his homework done, his English composition written.nullLarry decided to go see a movie, his homework done, his English composition written. His homework done, his English composition written, Larry decided to go see a movie.nullAn absolute series The arrested woman was slammed against a wall, her body frisked, her wrists handcuffed, her dignity lost. The arrested woman was slammed against a wall, her dignity lost, her body frisked, her wrists handcuffed. The arrested woman was slammed against a wall, her body frisked, her dignity lost, her wrists handcuffed. Practice 1 When I walked in, Grandpa was sitting at the kitchen table. The newspaper was spread before him.nullPractice 1 When I walked in, Grandpa was sitting at the kitchen table, the newspaper spread before him. Practice 2 Knowing that an absolute series gains power when its items are placed in order of increasing importance, how could you combine the following sentences? Empty soda bottles and beer cans were everywhere. Soiled clothes were strewn on the floor. The room was in chaos. Cosmetics were scattered over the dresser.nullPractice 2 The room was in chaos — soiled clothes strewn on the floor, cosmetics scattered over the dresser, empty soda bottles and beer cans everywhere. Practice 3 (Creative Pattern Exercise) Try to add facts or details in the form of absolute structures to the following sentence: Diana stood motionless at the end of the diving board, __________________________________