Sentence structure
- 2. SENTENCE STRUCTURE THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF ORGANIZING WORDS INTO SENTENCES. HERE WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO USE SENTENCE STRUCTURE PURPOSEFULLY. COORDINATION SUBORDINATION PARALLELISM
- 3. COORDINATION COORDINATION: Is a common way to connect related words, phrases and even entire clause.that is, connect them with a basic coordinating conjunction such as – and, or, but, nor, for, yet, so. EXAMPLE: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (Albert Einstein)
- 4. Correlative conjunctions: paired conjunction (such as not only… but also.) that links balanced words, phrases and clauses. EXAMPLE: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin) Conjunctive adverbs: an adverb that indicates the relationship in meaning between two independent clauses. EXAMPLE: "Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours." (Yogi Berra)
- 5. subordination Is a gramatical strategy to communicate that one idea in a sentence is more important than another idea in the same sentence. We place the more important idea in a independent idea clause, and the less important in a dependent clause. Relative pronouns: common relative pronouns include that, what, which, who, and whom.
- 6. Example: the gab between rich and poor, which has been widening for twenty years, has caused great concern among social. Subordinating conjunctions: using a subordinating conjunction makes the dependent clause an adverb clause. EXAMPLE: If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there would be peace. (John Lennon)
- 7. PARALLELISM Is the repetition of a grammatical structure used to emphasize a similarity among ideas. The elements of a parallel structure are words paired with words, phrases with phrases and clauses with clauses. Compound elements: can be joined by a coordinating conjunction or correlative conjunctions. Example: they spent their time praying and working with the poor. Wind-generated electric power is not only difficult to capture, but also expensive to store.
- 8. Comparisons: when you use than or as in comparisons, set up equivalent alternatives that are parallel in grammatical form. EXAMPLE: Laura likes painting as much as reading.
- 9. LISTS:elements presented in a list joined with and or or are also parallel in grammatical form. EXAMPLE: Her favorite activities were painting, walking, and visiting museums.