Authors use a variety of sentence-building tools. Others don’t. Based on the popular life-long learning course co-taught by the Killgallons in the Odyssey program of Johns Hopkins University, this book bridges the gap.Teaching authors’ tools via accessible language and varied activities, WRITING LIKE AN A Study in Sentence Composing uses the Killgallon’s unique sentence-composing method taught in thousands of classrooms within and beyond the United States.Appropriate as a textbook for English or writing classes, and a self-study course for anyone, the book clearly shows how to build your sentences like an author.The Killgallon sentence-composing method demonstrates that authors’ sentences have “architecture,” and that the structure of a sentence is its blueprint. Imitating authors’ sentences through varied sentence-composing activities, you will with surprising ease build your own sentences from an author’s blueprint.E X A M P L E SAUTHOR: Desperate, Frodo drew his own sword, and it seemed to him that it flickered red, as if it were a firebrand. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsSAMPLE IMITATION: Nervous, Jackson walked the diving board, and it appeared to him that the board bounced repeatedly, as if it were a trampoline.__________________________________________________________________________________________________AUTHOR: The country hailed Althea Gibson, the tennis player who was the first black female to win the U.S. Women’s Singles. Maya Angelou, The Heart of a WomanSAMPLE IMITATION: The children enjoyed Ronald McDonald, the colorful clown who was the chosen character to represent the worldwide food chain.__________________________________________________________________________________________________AUTHOR: On the south end of the garden, in the shadows of the loquat tree, was the servants’ home, a modest little mud hut where Hassan lived with his father. Khaled Hosseini, The Kite RunnerSAMPLE IMITATION: In the computer lab of the school, in the third row of the room, was a forgotten laptop, a shiny sleek laptop that a student left in the classroom.__________________________________________________________________________________________________AUTHOR: The nationalist on the stepladder, his quick hands slashing through the air, was whipping his growing audience out of its morning listlessness. Robert Lipsyte, The ContenderSAMPLE IMITATION: The singer on the stage, his heavy feet stomping on the boards, was leading his young fans into a throbbing frenzy.__________________________________________________________________________________________________Through engaging activities–matching, exchanging, unscrambling, combining, expanding, multiplying–the sentence-composing method trains you in building sentences like an author. In all activities, literature is a writing school with a faculty of recognizable authors teaching you their masterful tools for building better sentences.CHAPTER 1: WHAT YOU’LL LEARNCHAPTER 2: HOW YOU’LL LEARNCHAPTER 3: SENTENCE-COMPOSING ACTIVITIES CHUNKINGUNSCRAMBLINGCOMBININGIMITATINGEXPANDINGCHAPTER 4: SENTENC

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