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Loose/cumulative sentence

Loose/cumulative sentence. The most common sentence structure in English Information accumulates in the sentence until it reaches a period Structure starts with a SUBJECT and VERB and continues with modifiers.

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Loose/cumulative sentence

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  1. Loose/cumulative sentence • The most common sentence structure in English • Information accumulates in the sentence until it reaches a period • Structure starts with a SUBJECT and VERB and continues with modifiers

  2. A car hit a shoulder and turned over at midnight last night on the road from Las Vegas to Death Valley Junction. EXAMPLE

  3. Periodic/Climactic Sentence • Reserves the main idea for the end of the sentence • Tends to draw in the reader as it moves toward the period • If overused, however, periodic sentences lose their punch.

  4. At midnight last night, on the road from Las Vegas to Death Valley Junction, a car hit a shoulder and turned over. EXAMPLE

  5. EXAMPLE 2 • “Drowsy, clumsy, unable to fix a bicycle tire, throw a baseball, balance a grocery sack, or walk across the room, he was stripped of his true self by drink.” from Under the Influence by Scott Russell Sanders

  6. EXAMPLE 3 • “Over this rocky area relieved by a few shady tall persimmon trees the graduating class walked.” from Graduation by Maya Angelou

  7. Parallel Sentence • Occurs when you write words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence to match in their grammatical forms. • Several advantages • Express ideas of equal weight in your writing • Emphasize important information or ideas • Add rhythm and grace to your writing style

  8. EXAMPLE • “Left alone, our father prowls the house, thumping into furniture, rummaging in the kitchen, slamming doors, turning the pages of the newspaper with a savage crackle, muttering back at the late-night drivel from television.” from Under the Influence by Scott Russell Sanders

  9. Balanced Sentence • Type of parallelism in which contrasting content is delivered. • The two parallel structures are usually , but not always independent clauses. • A balanced sentence uses coordination. • The two coordinate structures are characterized by opposites in meaning, sometimes with one structure cast in the negative.

  10. EXAMPLES • Mosquitoes don’t bite; they stab. • By night, the litter and desperation disappeared as the city’s glittering lights came on; by day, the filth and despair reappeared as the sun rose.

  11. EXAMPLES (cont.) • “Poetry is seldom useful, but always memorable.” from The Town Dump by Wallace Stegner

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