When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down.

Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.

Kingsley Amis, The King’s English

Time slows down.

When summer comes to the North Woods, times slows down

There is little point in writing.

If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing

Kingsley Amis, The King’s English

Use a comma after an introduction or opener

Introductory word groups function as

adverbs – telling when, how, why, or under what conditions the main action of the sentence occurred.

When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down.

Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

The comma tells the reader that the introductory clause or phrase has come to an

end, and the main part of the sentence is about to begin.

If there were an Olympic contest for talking, Shelly Stalls would sweep the event.

Flipped, pg 16

If there were an Olympic contest for ____________, __________ would sweep the event.

AAAWWUBBIS!

When I was little,

Subordinating conjunctionsAAAWWUBBIS

lthoughsfterhilehenntil/Unlessecauseeforefince

Although school had begun, Calvin and Hobbes laid lazily in the tree.

Calvin and Hobbes rested on the tree branch.

Warm by the fireside, Calvin and Hobbes enjoyed their afternoon reading the Sunday comic.

Opener, sentence .

Use a comma to set off an opener.