Making effective sentences.pptVIP

Making effective sentences Making effective sentences Unity Coherence Conciseness Emphasis Variety Sentence unity A unified sentence expresses a single complete thought. Unity The principle of inclusion and exclusion: Inclusion of relevant materials or information (It does not express a thought that is not complete by itself.) Exclusion of irrelevant materials or information (It does not contain ideas that are not closely related.) Du Fu was one of the greatest poets. Born in a small town in South China in the early 50s, he grew up to be a famous musician. How to keep a sentence unified? Avoid unrelated ideas in a sentence. Eliminate excessive detail Avoid mixed metaphors or mixed constructions How to keep a sentence unified? Unrelated: yesterday Tom hurt his foot, and he could not find his new bicycle. How to keep a sentence unified? In 1788, when Andrew Jackson, then a young man of twenty-one years who had been living in the Carolinas, still a virgin country, came into Tennessee, the turbulent place of unknown opportunities, to enforce the law as the new prosecuting attorney, he had the qualifications that would make him equal to the task. How to keep a sentence unified? Flames from the gas heater that was given to us three years ago by friends who were moving to Regina licked at the chintz curtains. How to keep a sentence unified? Her climb up the ladder of success was nipped in the bud. Playing with fire can get you into deep water. How to keep a sentence unified? In the whole-word method children learn to recognize entire words rather than by the phonics method in which they learn to sound out letters and groups of letters. Coherence Clear and reasonable connection between parts A sentence is coherent when its word or parts are properly connected and their relationships unmistakably clear. Coherence Avoid dangling and misplaced modifiers. Avoid pronouns with ambiguous reference. Avoid faulty parallel constructions. Avoid using confusin