Lesson:
We learned a new comma rule:
Non-restrictive clauses
Commas are used to enclose non-restrictive clauses or phrases. Non-restrictive clauses and phrases are those not essential to the basic meaning of the sentence. Restrictive phrases or clauses are essential to the sentence because they restrict or limit the meaning of the sentence. They are not set off by commmas.
Here are some examples:
This woman, whose hands were once large enough to hold my entire body, does not now reach as high as my daughter’s shoulder.
-Kim Cherin, In My Mother’s House
My hair, which is already prickling, began to rise on my head.
-Mary Renault, The Bull from the Sea
Most Muslim women who come here change like me and become more liberated.
-Fariba Nawa (student writer)
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
-Chinese Proverb
We then had a debate and created topic sentences and a thesis answering yes or no to the question:
Does Odysseus change over the course of his journey?
If absent, please create an outline with specific examples arguing either way.
HMWK:
Read Book 12 of the Odyssey
