Varying Sentence Structure

1. Varied Sentence Structure

2. WHAT IS VARIED SENTENCE STRUCTURE?
Me
To make your writing more interesting, you should
try to vary your sentences in terms of length and
structure. You can make some of your sentences
long and others short.

3. WHICH PARAGRAPH SOUNDS BETTER TO YOU?
Me
1. I love living in the city. I have a wonderful view of the entire city. I have an
apartment. I can see the Golden Gate Bridge. I can see many cargo ships pass under
the bridge each day. I like the restaurants in San Francisco. I can find wonderful food
from just about every country. I don’t like the traffic in the city.
2. I love living in the city of San Francisco. I have a wonderful view of the entire city
from my apartment window. In addition, I can see the Golden Gate Bridge under which
many cargo ships pass each day. I also like San Francisco because I can find wonderful
restaurants with food from just about every country; however, I don’t like the traffic in
the city.

4. HOW DO I VARY MY SENTENCES?
Me
You can vary your sentences by using different
sentence types…
• Simple Sentence
• Compound Sentence
• Complex Sentence

5. SIMPLE SENTENCES
Me
A simple sentence is a sentence that has 1 NOUN
and 1 VERB (also known as an independent clause).
Example: The bird flew away.
Example: I caught the ball.
Example: She studied for her hard test.

6. CAN YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN SIMPLE SENTENCE?
TYPE IT IN THE CHAT. REMEMBER 1 SUBJECT AND 1
VERB ONLY.

7. COMPOUND SENTENCES
Me
A compound sentence is a sentence that is 2 simple
sentences combined (aka 2 independent clauses).
Example: The bird flew away and it landed in the nest.
Example: I caught the ball, but he knocked it out of my hand.
Example: She studied for her hard test, so she could play ball.

8. COMPOUND SENTENCES
Me
A compound sentence is a sentence that is 2 simple
sentences combined (aka 2 independent clauses).
Compound sentences are combined using….
• A coordinating conjunction
• A semicolon (;)
• A transition

9. COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
Me
Compound sentences are combined using….
• A coordinating conjunction
For  F
And  A
Nor  N
But  B
Or  O
Yet  Y
So  S

10. Me
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT CLASS!!!