Eng 12 Sentences

WRITE A VARIETY OF SENTENCE STYLES/ TYPES

READERS MAKE GOOD WRITERS

PEOPLE WHO DON"T READ USUALLY DON'T MAKE GOOD WRITERS
don't have models to follow-emulating
style, phrasing
not just competent sentences- but beautiful sentences

BASIC STYLES-
simple
S V
subject verb
It is raining today.
POWERFUL

Ernest Hemingway- 

subject subject verb
The dog and the cat love each other.

subject verb verb
Your sister plays volleyball and does boxercise.

compound
 SV SV

FANBOYS- for and nor but or yet so

I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold. Weird
I am not going to the party, nor am I going to the barbecue. Strange
It is cold, yet we will go to the park. Unusual

SOBA- so or but and HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS

It is cold, but we are still going to the park.

Your sister plays volleyball but doesn't do boxercise.
Your sister plays volleyball, but she doesn't do boxercise.

Our class is almost over, but we still have a few minutes.
Our class is almost over; however, we still have a few minutes.


complex