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Literature Group Discussion: Elements of Style Review

Join your assigned group to discuss various style elements, including possessive forms and exceptions to grammatical rules. Practice making nouns and pronouns possessive correctly.

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Literature Group Discussion: Elements of Style Review

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  1. World Literature • Find your group. Sit with the group that you are assigned. • Get out your notes on Elements of Style. • Discuss the answers to the following within your group: • The car that belongs to Charles. A. Charles’ car. B. Charles’s car. • The snowstorm of 2011. A. 2011’s snowstorm. B. 2011’ snowstorm. • The heel of Achilles. A. Achilles’s heel. B. Achilles’ heel. • The place where we found it. A. Its place. B. It’s place. • The red white and blue flag. A. ...red, white, and blue... B. ...red, white and blue... • The law firm of Gary Martin & Hayes. A. Gary, Martin, & Hayes B. Gary, Martin & Hayes • (A newspaper article) They have plans to build a youth center senior facility and church in the neighborhood. A. ...youth center, senior facility and church... B. ...youth center, senior facility, and church...

  2. EoS Review • To make singular nouns possessive, you... • One exception to this rule involves... • To make the pronoun “it” possessive, you... • When you have three or more items in a series, you... • One exception to this rule involves...

  3. EoS Lesson 1 Review • The memoir that belongs to Travis.A. Travis’ memoir. B. Travis’s memoir. • The birth of Jesus.A. Jesus’s birth. B. Jesus’ birth. • The tomb of Osiris.A. Osiris’s tomb. B. Osiris’ tomb. • The food dish that belongs to it.A. It’s food dish. B. Its food dish. • The chair that Isaac is sitting in. A. Isaac’s chair. B. Isaac’ chair.

  4. EoS Lesson 2 Review 6.

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