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 Sentence Skills Part 8 Sentence Variety Ways of Achieving Variety Varying Sentence Length Varying Sentence Structure Varying Sentence Beginning Varying Position of Modifiers (Adverbials) Varying Sentence Lengths Short sentences Long Sentences Alternation of long and short sentences Short Sentences Characteristics: clear, quick and forceful Function: to emphasize an important fact, to give a deep impression to create a strong rhythm or feeling Usage: for preview or summary (topic or concluding sentence) for the balance of the paragraph (after long sentences) Disadvantages of too many: wasteful of words, loose, childish, incoherent Long Sentences Characteristics: slow, profound, exact, detailed Function: presenting a series of complex, interlocking ideas, helping to reach a climax Usage: detailed explanation, description and argument Disadvantages of too many: dull, monotonous Alternation of Long and Short Sentences I waked up at 6:30. I thought I was late. I washed quickly. Then I went into the kitchen. I found something to eat. I finished eating in a few minutes. I took my bike and hurried out. I rode very fast along the streets. Soon I was at the school gate. But it was closed. Then I realized that it was Saturday. I waked up at 6:30. Thinking that I would be late for school, I washed quickly, went into the kitchen, and found something to eat. Then I hurried out with my bike. I rode as fast as I could along the streets, and soon got to the school gate, but it was closed. Only then did I realize that it was Saturday. I sit here at the keyboard, trying to think of things to say, but the words are not coming very freely. Probably, they aren’t coming be