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Sentence Variety
Sentence Variety
Sentence Variety
(moving adv. to the beginning of a sentence serves to vary the rhythm of a paragraph and
increase sentence variety.)
Adjectives may be placed between the preposition and the object in a prepositional phrase.
Example: The terrified cat hid underneath the heavy wooden table.
Some prepositional phrases can be moved to the beginning of a sentence.
Example : Underneath the heavy wooden table, the terrified cat hid.
Example :
Tip : This technique is useful for drawing the reader’s attention to your primary area of
focus.
Connecting Ideas to Increase Sentence Variety
Reviewing and rewriting the beginning of sentences is a good way of introducing sentence
variety into your writing.
Example :
Original sentences: The Jones family was delayed by a traffic jam. They arrived
several hours after the party started.
Revised sentence: Delayed by a traffic jam, the Jones family arrived several hours
after the party started.
Joining ideas using a relative clause (is a group of words that contains a
subject and a verb and describes a noun) for useful way of providing
additional, nonessential information in a sentence.
Exmpale:
Original sentences: The managing director is visiting the company next week. She
lives in Vancouver.
Revised sentence: The managing director, who lives in Vancouver, is visiting the
company next week.
Original sentences: Harland Sanders began serving food for hungry travelers in
1930. He is Colonel Sanders or “the Colonel.”
Revised sentence: Harland Sanders, “the Colonel,” began serving food for hungry
travelers in 1930.