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(tips for adding variety to boring
sentences)
Sentences
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Why use variety in your
sentences? Sentence variety is necessary for a
number of reasons:* Sentence variety makes your writingmore interesting to read!
* Sentence variety adds style toyour writing!
* Sentence variety will help develop
your writing skills!
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Six Sassy Sentence
types:1. Two-adjective beginnings
2. -ing at beginning or end3. -ly beginnings
4. Informative interrupters (appositives)
5. Balanced sentences6. Dependent clauses
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1. Two-Adjective
Beginnings:Tall, handsome lifeguards flirt
wildly with the pretty girls.
Rickety and dilapidated, the oldschoolhouse didnt stand a chancein an earthquake.
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A. Combine these sentences
into a Two-adj sentence:
The startled jury braced to
hear more of the witnessstestimony.
The jury was amazed.
The jury was perplexed.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Amazed and perplexed, thestartled jury braced to
hear more of the witnessstestimony.
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B. Combine these sentences
into a Two-adj sentence:
The courtyard looked out over rolling hills of vineyards.
The courtyard was open.
The courtyard was airy.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Open and airy, thecourtyard looked out over
rolling hills of vineyards.
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W ARNING --
What is wrong with this sentence?:
Tall and majestic, is how Iwould describe the palm treesthat line Santa Margarita
Parkway.
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This is better:
Tall, majestic palm trees line
Santa Margarita Parkway.
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W ARNING --
What is wrong with this sentence?:
Friendly and helpful are myneighbors.
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This is better:
Friendly and helpful, my
neighbors invited us to ablock party the very weekwe moved in.
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W ARNING --
What is wrong with this sentence?:
Rude and furious, there weregang members roaming thestreets.
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This is better:
Rude and furious, gang
members roamed thestreets.
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Now
you
try:
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2. ³-ing´ at beginning
Running like the wind, Forrest Gump made national headlinenews.
Saving the best for last, Lisafinally ate her Reeses peanut
butter cup.
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A. Combine these sentences into an
³ing´ beg. sentence:
Annie took her daughters hand.
She entered the gates of Disneyland.
She was smiling as she did this.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Smiling, Annie took herdaughters hand and
entered the gates of Disneyland.
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Heres another possibility:
Entering the gates of Disneyland, Annie smiled
and took her daughtershand.
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B. Combine these sentences into an
³ing´ beg. sentence:
He realized he could change
direction at any time.He realized this after thinkingabout it for a moment .
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Thinking about it for amoment, he realized he
could change direction at any time.
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Now
you
try:
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³-ing´ at end
He trudged along the hot desert for days, wishing he had brought
more water.
Sandy gave the homeless man allthe money she had, hoping that her small act of kindness might
bring him some comfort .
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A. Combine these sentences into an
³ing´ end sentence:
Harriet made her way to the
back yard.She was following the strange
man she had seen at the gate.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Harriet made her way to theback yard, following thestrange man she had seen at
the gate.
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Now
you
try:
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3. ³-ly´ at beginning
Cheerfully, she answered thephone for her mother.
Slowly opening the door, the
servant tried not to wake hismaster.
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A. Combine these sentences into an
³ly´ at the beginning:
The nanny placed the sleeping
child in the crib.She did this gently.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Gently, the nanny placed thesleeping child in the crib.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Strongly made and heavilybuilt, the dugout canoewould last for generations.
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Now
you
try:
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4. Informative
Interrupters The fish, a slimy mass of flesh, felt the
alligators giant teeth sink into him ashe struggled to swim away.
The child, face covered with chocolate
doughnut, asked his mother if he couldhave some milk.
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A. Combine these sentences into
Informative Interrupters:
Our rustic log cabin is miles from
the nearest paved road. It is nestled up a windingcanyon.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Our rustic log cabin, nestledup a winding canyon, ismiles from the nearest pavedroad.
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B. Combine these sentences into
Informative Interrupters:
A knock on the door brings Nicky
to her feet .Nicky is our dog.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
A knock on the door brings
Nicky, our dog, to her feet .
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Now
youtry:
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5. Balanced Sentences
He runs onto the baseball field, spinsaround second base, and looks back
at the academy.
Choosing a Christmas tree, putting
up Christmas lights, and bakingChristmas cookies are all included inmy December traditions.
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A. Combine these sentences into
Balanced Sentences:
I spent hours feeding him.
I spent hours playing with him.
I spent hours observing him.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
I spent hours feeding him,
playing with him, andobserving him.
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B. Combine these sentences into
Balanced Sentences:
Hampton Court by moonlight looked
ancient .
Hampton Court by moonlight lookedvillainous.
Hampton Court by moonlight lookedsecret .
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Hampton Court by moonlight
looked ancient, villainousand secret .
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Now
youtry:
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6. Dependent Clauses
Because it rained, the gardenparty was postponed.
Since the road construction iscomplete, Jim can make it homein only ten minutes.
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A. Combine these sentences into
Dependent Clauses:
I blew gently into Buffys face to
watch his nose twitch. I did this with candy in mymouth.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
With candy in my mouth, I
blew gently in Buffys face towatch his nose twitch.
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What does your sentencelook like?
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Heres a possibility:
Because his muscle structure
and coordination resembledthat of a human, Buffys playwas very humanlike.
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Now
youtry:
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Created by Anita Mattos and Melissa Hilton
Revised with added sentence combining by Anita Mattos on 10-10-06
2002(Resources include Barry Nodens Image Grammar and The
Write Source, 2000.)Revised with added sentence combining by Anita Mattos on
10-10-06