Post by The Thought Police (admin) on Oct 25, 2012 11:03:33 GMT -5
You must:
1) Learn off by heart every feature of sentence structure.
2) Learn off by heart the effect that this type of sentence structure has.
3) Revise this regularly.
A sentence structure question will make you identify a feature of sentence structure and explain its effect.
Say what the technique is, then explain.
Examples of short sentences are:
A mania has swept over the land.
Believe me, you'll be noticed.
Lay down your nail guns, good people.
Nonsense.-this is an example of a minor sentence because it does not have a verb in it.
other examples of sentence structure are:
Lists- long lists can emphasise the multitude,variety or wide range of something.
For example- brave, smart, funny, eloquent, poor Max was none of these.
Parenthesis- shown by double commas, dashes, double brackets, end of sentence,single dashes, brackets, commas. Sometimes the writer will insert him or hers own oppinion into parenthesis sometimes adjustiong the tone.
Word order- Order of the words to place emphasis on a particular word by moving its place in the sentence.
Example- Twilight is upon me,soon night must fall.
Minor Sentence- a sentence without a verb. incomplete sentence
Example-Some people think bankers are human. Rubbish. (Came up with first exampkle that popped into my head.)
Climax- A climactic sentence builds to something the writer wants to emphasise.
Anticlimax- A build up whcih comes to nothing.
Example- The car swerved round the corner and came shooting towards dave's car, like a bullet, the car then drove past Dave,s car.
Colons- Expand a point.
Example- some people say I'm stupid and do stupid things examples of this are: saying stupid things, getting an 8 in RME.
Repetition- repeating words.
Example- "I told you your stupid, stupid, stupid" said the maths teacher to the 8 year old who failed to grasp the basics of differentiation.
Rhetorical Question- a question asked without expectuing an answer to gte the reader to consider an answer to the question, usually makes the reader aggree with the writer. Can also be used as a topic sentence, its a personal technique.
Example- Would you put your mother in a care home? i know i wouldnt not with the state of them today.
A statement- John is sitting down.
A question- Questions may be used in reflective or emotive writing.
An exclamation- Exclamations are used to convey a tone of amusement, shock or strong emotion.
A command- commands are used in instructions and in writing aiming to persuade, such as advertisements.
Punctuation
Inverted commas- to indicate a title of a play, book, tv programme etc. For spoken words. For quotations. To mark off an individual phrase or word from the rest of the sentence.
Example-'The Great Gatsby`
A series of dashes might be used to informally convey outpourings of ideas or emotions.
Example-" they are idiots-complete idiots-stupid -infantile-idiots- i've had enough- i'm leaving" said Oscar.
Semi colons are generally finishing pauses marking the end of the sentence but less firmly than a full stop. It often comes between two contrastiing statements which are closely connected, which balance or contrast one another outpouring of idea or emotions.
Example- it was dark;yet not dark.
More Sentence Structure
We covered a number of sentence types
List
Repetition
Parenthesis
Linking words
Rhetorical questions
It is never enough just to identify sentence structure, you must also explain the effect of using it.
Lists - can build up to a climax, emphasising something (Your job is always to be saying what that 'something' is). They can emhasise the variety of something. The can emphasise the sheer amount of something. They can build up to an anticlimax
repetition - is usually for emphasis. It can also be to build up a point and create a climax.
Parenthesis - This can be achieved by Double Dashes, Double Commas, Double Brackets. Often the parenthesis is the writer inserting an important detail - your job is to say why that detail is included. They can also conatain the writer's own opinion or comment - this is known as an 'aside'.
Linking words - 'But, Yet, Therefore, And...' Watch for how these develop or create contrasts in the writer's line of argument. We saw that 'And yet,' created a turning point in the writer's line of thought and showed that the reality was an anti-climax compared to the expectations people had for the moon landing.
Rhetorical Questions - these often make the reader consider the writer's point of view and therefore begin to side with the writer. They can often be used to make the reader see there is no alternative but to agree... Consider this - 'Only stupid people wear clothes like that. 'Are you stupid?' - unless you want admit you are, then you would be agreeing with the writer's point of view and say those clothes are sure stupid!
1) Learn off by heart every feature of sentence structure.
2) Learn off by heart the effect that this type of sentence structure has.
3) Revise this regularly.
A sentence structure question will make you identify a feature of sentence structure and explain its effect.
Say what the technique is, then explain.
Examples of short sentences are:
A mania has swept over the land.
Believe me, you'll be noticed.
Lay down your nail guns, good people.
Nonsense.-this is an example of a minor sentence because it does not have a verb in it.
other examples of sentence structure are:
Lists- long lists can emphasise the multitude,variety or wide range of something.
For example- brave, smart, funny, eloquent, poor Max was none of these.
Parenthesis- shown by double commas, dashes, double brackets, end of sentence,single dashes, brackets, commas. Sometimes the writer will insert him or hers own oppinion into parenthesis sometimes adjustiong the tone.
Word order- Order of the words to place emphasis on a particular word by moving its place in the sentence.
Example- Twilight is upon me,soon night must fall.
Minor Sentence- a sentence without a verb. incomplete sentence
Example-Some people think bankers are human. Rubbish. (Came up with first exampkle that popped into my head.)
Climax- A climactic sentence builds to something the writer wants to emphasise.
Anticlimax- A build up whcih comes to nothing.
Example- The car swerved round the corner and came shooting towards dave's car, like a bullet, the car then drove past Dave,s car.
Colons- Expand a point.
Example- some people say I'm stupid and do stupid things examples of this are: saying stupid things, getting an 8 in RME.
Repetition- repeating words.
Example- "I told you your stupid, stupid, stupid" said the maths teacher to the 8 year old who failed to grasp the basics of differentiation.
Rhetorical Question- a question asked without expectuing an answer to gte the reader to consider an answer to the question, usually makes the reader aggree with the writer. Can also be used as a topic sentence, its a personal technique.
Example- Would you put your mother in a care home? i know i wouldnt not with the state of them today.
A statement- John is sitting down.
A question- Questions may be used in reflective or emotive writing.
An exclamation- Exclamations are used to convey a tone of amusement, shock or strong emotion.
A command- commands are used in instructions and in writing aiming to persuade, such as advertisements.
Punctuation
Inverted commas- to indicate a title of a play, book, tv programme etc. For spoken words. For quotations. To mark off an individual phrase or word from the rest of the sentence.
Example-'The Great Gatsby`
A series of dashes might be used to informally convey outpourings of ideas or emotions.
Example-" they are idiots-complete idiots-stupid -infantile-idiots- i've had enough- i'm leaving" said Oscar.
Semi colons are generally finishing pauses marking the end of the sentence but less firmly than a full stop. It often comes between two contrastiing statements which are closely connected, which balance or contrast one another outpouring of idea or emotions.
Example- it was dark;yet not dark.
More Sentence Structure
We covered a number of sentence types
List
Repetition
Parenthesis
Linking words
Rhetorical questions
It is never enough just to identify sentence structure, you must also explain the effect of using it.
Lists - can build up to a climax, emphasising something (Your job is always to be saying what that 'something' is). They can emhasise the variety of something. The can emphasise the sheer amount of something. They can build up to an anticlimax
repetition - is usually for emphasis. It can also be to build up a point and create a climax.
Parenthesis - This can be achieved by Double Dashes, Double Commas, Double Brackets. Often the parenthesis is the writer inserting an important detail - your job is to say why that detail is included. They can also conatain the writer's own opinion or comment - this is known as an 'aside'.
Linking words - 'But, Yet, Therefore, And...' Watch for how these develop or create contrasts in the writer's line of argument. We saw that 'And yet,' created a turning point in the writer's line of thought and showed that the reality was an anti-climax compared to the expectations people had for the moon landing.
Rhetorical Questions - these often make the reader consider the writer's point of view and therefore begin to side with the writer. They can often be used to make the reader see there is no alternative but to agree... Consider this - 'Only stupid people wear clothes like that. 'Are you stupid?' - unless you want admit you are, then you would be agreeing with the writer's point of view and say those clothes are sure stupid!