Sentence Patterns

Draw a line between each slot of the following sentences. For your first step, I suggest that you identify any adverbials or other “nonessential” material to make it easier to see the pattern

1.) The Godfather is a family chronicle and a metaphor for capitalism in America.

2.) Francis Ford Coppola directed the film.

3.) The Motion Picture Academy awarded the film three Oscars.

4.) Vito Corleone, the Godfather, dies about two-thirds of the way through the film.

5.) His son, Michael Corleone, then becomes “The Godfather.”

6.) The “Baptism Montage” is one of the most famous scenes in all of film.

7.) It features the assassination of Micheal Corleone’s enemies

8.) Even now, some people still consider The Godfather just another gangster film.



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