1. Sentence Structure…
…in regards to style

2. Objectives Review basic sentence types
Utilize basic sentence types in more interesting writing methods
Understand how to fluently emphasize a point
Successfully analyze writing using acquired knowledge

3. Simple Sentence Breakdown
Simple sentences
Ex) The boy ran fast!
Ex) This much we pledge – and more.
Complex sentences
She began by sitting and thinking, soon she was just sitting.
Ex) She began by sitting and thinking, but soon she was just sitting.

4. Different Types of Sentences
Declarative Sentence – makes a statement
Interrogative Sentence – asks a question
Imperative Sentence – a command
Hortative Sentence – an urging sentence

5. Usage Options
Anaphora – the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses
Emphasizes a main point rather than simply stating it.
Ex) “Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No says the man in Washington… no says the man in the Vatican… no says the man in Moscow!”

6. More Usage Options
Antithesis – the contrast of thoughts in two phrases, clauses, or sentences
By juxtaposing two contrasting ideas, the author creates more interesting writing and emphasizes a point.
“People should not be afraid of their governments; governments should be afraid of their people!”

7. Even More Usage Options
Antimetabole – the identical or near repetition in one phrase or clause in reverse order in the next phrase or clause
Similar to antithesis, but antimetabole makes use of similar, not necessarily opposing, viewpoints.
Don’t worry about this too much.

8. Some More Usage Options
Parallelism – the repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns
Ex) “If we are really dying, let us feel the rattle in our throats and feel cold in the extremities; if we are alive, let us go about our business.” ~Henry David Thoreau
Utilizes similar grammatical structure throughout the four clauses.
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9. Work Cited
The Language of Composition