Vary Sentence Length

What would happen if you use too many short sentences? Pg. 341

• Your writing will sound choppy.

• It will be a long sentence.

• It will be bad.

• .Your writing will be dull.

What would happen if you use long sentences? Pg. 341

• Your writing will sound choppy.

• It will become a compound sentence.

• Your writing will be dull.

• Your sentence length should vary to create a rhythm and to emphasize key ideas.

What length of sentences should you use and why? Pg. 341

• Short sentences, to have a better meaning.

• Your sentence length should vary to create a rhythm and to emphasize key ideas.

• It should be long sentences

How can you create sentence variety?Pg. 343

• Begin your sentence with verbs.

• You can reverse the traditional subject-verb order.

• Your sentence length should vary to create a rhythm and to emphasize key ideas.

• Begin your sentences with different parts of speech.

What is another strategy you can use to vary sentences? Pg. 344

• You can use compound sentence.

• You can reverse the traditional subject-verb order.

• Use more nouns.

• Use short sentences.

“The natural resources of Pennsylvania were of great use during World War 1” Starts with?Pg. 343

• Noun

• Participle

• Verb

• Adverb

“Having many important natural resources, Pennsylvania was able to contribute greatly to the war effort.” Starts with?Pg. 343

• Noun

• Adverb

• Participle

• Verb

“Fortunately, Pennsylvania’s many natural resources were available to the war effort during World War.” Starts with?Pg.343

• Pronoun

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb