Prose Style By Baldworm’s student A.

Sentence types. Simple ( a sentence with 1 main clause) Impact ( 3-4 words ) Fragment( 1-2 words ) Complex ( with more than 1 clause) Compound( using the ‘joining comma’)

Simple ( a sentence with 1 main clause)

Impact ( 3-4 words )

Fragment( 1-2 words )

Complex ( with more than 1 clause)

Compound( using the ‘joining comma’)

Commmas Joining comma (Commas before connectives!) Listing comma (To join things in a list) Adverb-starter comma (You put a comma after an adverbial start) Bracketing comma (using commas instead of brackets)

Joining comma (Commas before connectives!)

Listing comma (To join things in a list)

Adverb-starter comma (You put a comma after an adverbial start)

Bracketing comma (using commas instead of brackets)

An example of the Joining Comma I like chocolate, but Nicole doesn’t. I went to the cinema to see ‘Bald Worm the Movie’, and Lucy went shopping.

I like chocolate, but Nicole doesn’t.

I went to the cinema to see ‘Bald Worm the Movie’, and Lucy went shopping.

An example of the Listing comma. I walked to the shops and bought an apple, an orange, milk and some bread. I went to the cinema, Westfield and the park.

I walked to the shops and bought an apple, an orange, milk and some bread.

I went to the cinema, Westfield and the park.

An example of the adverb-starter comma Suddenly, I spun around. Amazingly, I got a cat for my birthday.

Suddenly, I spun around.

Amazingly, I got a cat for my birthday.

An example of the bracketing comma. Sally, the prettiest girl in school, only scored 4% in her maths test. Oops! Amelia, the smartest girl, walked to the bench to sneer at poor Sally.

Sally, the prettiest girl in school, only scored 4% in her maths test. Oops!

Amelia, the smartest girl, walked to the bench to sneer at poor Sally.