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SENTENCE CRAFTING - Coggle Diagram
SENTENCE CRAFTING
Foundational principles
has
Complete sentences
subject-Verb agreement
Consistent Tense and Person
active voice for clarity
Building Blocks: Understanding clauses
consists of
independent clause
dependent clause
types of dependent clauses
Four structural types of sentences
simple sentences
expresses
a single, complete thought
compound sentences
has no
dependent clauses
complex sentences
consists of
Punctuations
compound complex sentences
conveys
multiple related ideas
Enhancing quality : flow & coherence
Charity (goal #1)
keeps
subject and main verb close together
flow
follows
known-to-new information structure
coherence
uses
connective tools
Varying structure and length
prevent
monotony
like
avoid too many short or long sentences
emphasize
important points
use
a short sentence after several longer ones for impact
use
different sentence beginning
begins some
with a phrase or clause
to
combine and break up
by doing
a split with overly long sentences
common errors and vocabulary
has
common mistakes
like
faulty parallelism
key vocabulary
which is
parallelism