Sentences

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Sentences

• The building block of a paragraph.

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Three rules to keep in mind

• Never let the reader lose sight of the central
  thought of the sentence.
• Complicated thoughts need to be expressed as
  simply as possible.
• Be prepared to use a full range of sentence forms.

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Basic sentence consists of

• Subject
• Action verb or linking verb
• Object (almost always)

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Five sentence patterns

• Declarative (Ethan is strong.)
• Interrogative (Is Ethan strong?)
• Exclamatory (How strong Ethan is!)
• Imperative (Be strong, Ethan.)
• Complement ahead of subject (Strong Ethan is.)

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Loose versus Periodic

• Loose most common, expresses the main idea first
  and then adds details
• The young girl tripped in the forest.
• The young girl tripped in the forest and
  hurt her ankle.
• The young girl tripped in the forest and
  hurt her ankle just minutes before the bear
  escaped from the local zoo.

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Periodic

• Delays completing the main idea until the end or
  near the end of the sentence
• Holds the reader in suspense.
• The young girl, running from the bear,
  tripped in the forest and hurt her ankle.

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Warning! Warning! Warning!

• Do not overuse periodic sentences!
• Most likely, though, you will need to be
  conscious about using them in your writing.

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Make this loose sentence periodic

• Construction workers labored in the hot sun for
  hours before their boss allowed them a water
  break.

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Write five sentences that use a loose structure.

• Be sure the subject is stated at the beginning of
  the sentence.

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Active versus Passive

• Activesubject performs the action
• Passivesubject receives the action
• Active sentences are the most forceful and should
  be used more often.

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Use passive sentences to

• Emphasize the receiver of the actions rather than
  the perfomer
• Write this sentence in passive voice
• The strong, rugged man waded through murky
  waters in hopes of finding the sunken treasure.

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