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SENTENCE EMPHASIS AND VARIETY. Effective writing focuses on readers attention .

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SENTENCE EMPHASIS AND VARIETY.

Effective writing focuses on readers attention .

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OLD AND NEW INFORMATION IN SENTENCES.

• Old information is usually presented before new information is introduced.(this helps readers see the connection and emphasizes the new information by placing it last.

• For example : Most artificial colorings are synthetic chemicals.

This colorings =old information. Are suspected of causing hyperactivity in children new information.

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VARYING SENTENCE LENGHT• Short and long sentences have their uses and

a purpose (they want to call the attention of the reader.)

• When you edit,be aware of sentence lenghts,and think about your reader’s needs.

• Use long sentences to clarify relationship between ideas,and use shorter sentences to strengthen a point or to brake up a monotonous pattern.

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Short and long sentences.

SHORT SENTENCES.

They are honest and direct.

They have power. (in a series of short

sentences ,each idea ask for the reader’s full attention.)

• LONG SENTENCES.• Most academic

writting requires that you fully develop your ideas and stablish relationships among them.

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Don’t overdo long sentences !!!!!!

A sentence shouldn’t cover more territory than a reader can span in a single stride :D

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VARYING SENTENCE TYPES.

• Sentences can vary By Gramatical type, by Rethorical type or by Functional type.

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GRAMATICAL SENTENCE TYPES.

• A simple sentence:has a single independent clause.(violence is a growing problem.)

A compaund sentence :has two or more independent clauses joined either by a comma and a coordinating conjuntion or by a semicolon.(violence is a problem,and it affects some aspects of our lives.

Looking for help will help;it prevents from suffer.

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• A complex sentences:has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.(because the problem continues to grow, our legislature must act before it is too late.)

• A compaund-complex sentence: has at least 2 independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.(pollution can be prevented, and we must take action to stop it,because thereis no other way to survive in this planet.)

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RETHORICAL SENTENCE TYPES AND WORD ORDER.

• When you place the main idea first,you create a cumulative sentence (allow you to make a point and then sopport it.) Example: Othello smothers the delicate desdemona in a fit of anguished passion and boiling fury.

He kills the person he loves most because he has trusted the lies of the vicious lago.

• When you save a punch for the end you create a periodic sentence.

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FUNCIONAL SENTENCE TYPES.

• Most writing relies primarily on declarative sentences,sentences that make statements.But and occasional question,exclamation,or command can call the reader’s attention.

• Declarative: the number of violent crimes commited by strangers has gone down in the past ten years.

• Question: so why has the public’s fear of crime gone up?

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Exclamation:The news media manipulate us all.Command:Write to the program director of your local tv station and protest.

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Varying sentence openings.

• You can change the pace of passage.Considering repositioning modifiers,dependent clauses,and transitional expressions so that some sentences begin with elements other than the subject.

• (Doctors rely increasingly) on advance diagnostic equipment.(Increasingly, doctors rely)

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ThaT was all thank you !!!!:DDD