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ji
Lesson
7I
Cnar"cterisfics
of Good
Senfences
ScnMccs
vary vidcly in
style
i.d subjcct
mitrer
Yel all
g@d
scntences havc
ccrlin
l. Cood
shrdnces
do trot wa$
*ords. Tncy
usc
only cnourh
words
io
cany tfic
ftolehr.
Nor da rh.y sdndr Thcy mrk. then
poin.
ondslop
(pagcs
123-126).
woby:
Thc
didiculies
wc
ca e in
thk
all-toFbricrlilc
ofou6
are
ond
$cc
that
*
e
bnng
rpon
ouscly6.
ftn
d
ndcntionall :
coxc$L:
Mosr ollhe
shadows oflnis lilc arc
caosedby
our
$Mding
in ou own
sDrhine.
(Ral9h
Wddo Encson)
2.
Cood
s.lt.nccs arc
cLce
Tncy crrress
.
rhought
pEckcly
dd dtrcctly
MUDDLEDj
AndrN
sot
W
rd bu' ud
scnr it
iib thc
rishFficld
(ands
GEe: Andrew
eol
up
ro bar and seni the
bdll inro
the
ri8h
6.ld*ards.
L Cood
rntrnc6
hr {
uniry
Thry
i\ I
@
one
geneml
@pic
in a
sknce
L.\.tuc d
Cood
lennn play.6
don
l hale towo'k e,r- hard,
lNrfr
butsolreBsomctihcssccnbenjoyihceo. orc.
llr\@D:
A
gmd
Ennis
playcr
I
ods
bnd bur nd.r
looks d
d'ouen hc
n..
4
Coodsentences
ato
rohelent, usins
occumle
conne.tilcs
(prye
l27l
r^.Krx. Bccausc Sue Nas onr bcst
pitchcr,
sh.
didn\
g.r
a
.oreE^r.r
chane
{o
pikh
in
rh.
playolG.
coGRN: Allhousl' Suc
w6 ou
besr
pnc,F.
she didnl
Bcr
r
chancc
ro
lnch
in lhc
Dlayofs.
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5.
Good
sqtences trc
uricd
in sroctuF. Thc_v do hot rlwa'\
follow a set
pa(em
MoNoroNous
\dbc[d
is p.cuy
and ricn. sho is atso
a
fabulons
singd.
I e. a
he.
v RrEDr
lsabella is nor only preity
atrd lich bur atso a
tabulous
singr.
Hov
I
envy
hcrl
6.
Cood senhces
ll upon st ong. specinc
notr6
dd
vivid
lelbs
ro convy
fic
thougbt. They
usc adjcctivcs {id adlcrbs spr.ingly
bu
ctrcctivety
9
Good stutflces
re
complete, niths
fmgmen6
(page.
t
55
164)nortun-ons
Cood ssntmdd
re reclnically
corect, rollowjns
accelled
sradards ot
usage
( .gcs
149-230)
dd spcllil
(passs
221 230).
Comparing
Seniances
It
is
helplul
ntr
read
aood
se.tehces
Minen
b,
oth6.
Here is an
cffipte
ot
a
loweF
At the mts
oJkonviDlence
sta
ds
le
r
htiple af
kre.
(ManinLnthet
HN
nuch
less
efe.irc
it
N@ld
havc bocn iasiarcd
in rnis way:
Pqple
who belid. in
nowiat nce and
pnctice
it are rcdlL
ntotti,,E
jha
The
duck
l
ded on rhe ice unslccesstullr
dtulrlr.ny
catne to a stop aftd a
long
slide alane lhe ice
on
rhe
The
mallard lodcd ucorranny m
$e ice.
shdded
dd
flopped olons
1br
Ndty leet.
and then
scnnbled
to
ih
pleaine
to
read,
usualy
b djorable
part
ol
a legei vhote
Why is &e fi^l
se.imce
so much
betted
fie first sentmce is
dire
cled. condise.
CIIARACTERISTICS OF GO
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EX-ERCISE
l.
Which sntence
in eac|
pan
do
yo
consider
beuet
Tetl
why.
L
z. We wcnt d the roller
coastcr dd
thetr
ye
Nmr
on &e
hsured
house ride
and
ths
we
wmr
on Lhe nronomil.
,. We ivcnt
on
the roller
co6tc4 ilr haunled
hous ide,
od rhe
nonorail.
2.
a.
At ihe librar),1pickcd
up
a Hary
Poner book and
a book abNr
plo1ogn y.
,.
I w.nl ro thc
libhr]
and I
picked
up
a
book abo* Hari,
rorer
and a book
dfi
tclls all
abour
lhotography.
1.,
The
fanily lad
all ac.eed
on
a
camping spdt
for ou marion. and
Blad suddcbly
b. Tlrs fanily
hod sll agrced on a
cahpjng
spoi
lbr ou
kcalio ,
bul Biad
suddenl]
4.
d.
I ordercd asddwich
nado vith
cheese,
a baC lillcd \rirh
porato
chirs
and an
,. For
lDch,
I odercd
r
cheesc
saDdwich, a bas
orpoEio
ci1i,s,
od
aD appLc.
s
a. Liv bad
dccepted.locl\
invitdion
to rhe dance. and
shc
c[ugcd
her nind
Nnh
no
b. Liv had
acceplod Joel,s invitalion
to rhe
dance.
bul
she
cha.ged
lEr nind
ynh
no
SENTENCE
CO Posrrrox
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Complting
comparisons
In
rhd
Fcvious
seclion. wc cofrrared
sentences
to
scc wbich 0.6 wqc
betrd. We
can
also
ue
conpalison
as
wiring
tool to nake sentencs
nore 6ncise,
lively, and enjoy-
considr
lhe iollorvtus
scntoo,
nr shich
baseball playeN
arc coDlaEd
to becs:
The
batebatl
plare,s sarh.rcd
atuMd
the
unpjrc
like ang./
b..s.
By
Eing the
iDage
ofthe angry bees, we do not
hale
10 sey that the
plryds
wqe
g-
srcssivc
d
quick
in rleii
morm@rs
or
1har
theh
complaints
soedcd likc
I
loud
bu
arcud lhe mpir. nro inage
oflhe bees does rl* tor ns. Using d
conpa.json
itr this way
saves
wordr
and
crates
interest.
Ifyou
raid
closc
allcnnon b
your
spcccn.
you would
nd
rlat
you
se
hany
conpaF
isons. some are dr&r, wirh litu or
,s:
ias
$rong 6
.n
ox, 's
lisid as
nNse,'
.,like
a
lion."
olhm
arc
tu,lirc.i
".,od
16
a
riser on tne ticld.
(.,oan
played
as savaaely ds a
tigft.) Borh
l6hs
de
a khd of
poetry.
Dirccl
c.rrarisons
ar
qllcd
J,t
cs
ldi.d.r
obes ee,,,rarr,/s
In
the
follosing
exercise,
q
yow
skiu in vriling senknces
{irh
EXERCISE 2.
Complete eich
al
Lhc
folosneMLh
en orisiba onrpdnson
Anao .is
like
d
n
Jnenrt
teaitinE
to neet
or.
5. Playing
basketball is like
6.
fte
school cdfeteria is
lite
l0 SwimminAin rheoccan
i likc
CHARACTERISYICS
OF
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Whfr
you
beEin lo wite
sentenccj
you
slrould knoN
whse
tou
ee
eoilrg
will]
n
Condde lh.
n\oughr y@
set oul to dpies, As
you
pur
rour
$onght
in wnihs.
rendba
lhe nin. chueterhtics
ofgdod sentmces,
Ndinedatth.bgi'rningofthh
less@. Lcsson
l9 *iU
sb@ some specinc wq,s o
Mire efestils
senldces.
EXERCISE
3. Conplctc cach
oftle foUovins to
nd]c
d
eood
s dcc.
M
final
gadcs
ihqtueed
so nurh oet
161
)Eatb
r
t nr srl?la^hip
Antu6
$e
L My m:jorznbjrion
in life
iro
2.
AtuL
dider,
i
amrlrnn'ng
3
My
favorite
vay
to spend Satuftlay is
Lo
7 Wlenrhc fuorbdll gane6 v$
9
A'
the end
oflie
hov'e
EXERCISE 4. write
a sinslc
gdod
scnrone
that
rclls
abour
eeh ofthc
tollNins
a
lavorire
pc(
I ont
had a
paru*eet
Mnel H1lnpnrty, hha
enjoj,edlyins
uattut
th
nm
l,
muMl
coinoidence
$at
occMed
rccqlly
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2
o
hapny
nommt
'n
yotrrlifc
3
sohcllins
you
m
proud
of
5. lhe
pereon
{ho influcnces
you
hosL
Rdising
is
an
nnport
nr
paft
ol
tbe wndng proce$, Il is
hebftl to reread what you
hale wilten.
Chanccs arc,
yotr
will discovd
an
oror,
uncoler somcding
rhar
may
no1
bc
cldr
to
readere,
or
sihply
find
a
nrc
inrere$ine
or neoorable
wat
ro
sry vhar
you
qrote.
Are
your
senlcnes lechnically
corec
peisc,
concise,
ud
elilctivel
Makc
i
a
labil
b tuswcr
$is
qucslioD
by reEadinB and
disins
every
senoncc bcforc
y6u
rcnd
it
EXERCISE 5.
Select ten ofthc finccdscntoocs
youworeforExftGes
3
d4and
dise thm. Aim
fo concisoncss Md cldiry
by elininding meoersry
or
aue
rnts.
Otigiml
k
are:
My nn
g^dcs
inproved
so much ovr la$
ycd\
lhat
ny
sctot-
mhip
chances
rose
dlmrtically
ney,s.dj?/z,.ei My
scholsship
chances
sb,&ckeied
becasc hy fiDat
s6dd
sreally
impove.l
this
yea.
I,
CHARACTERISTICS
OF
GO
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8.
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