Sentence Structure

Question 1

What is the function of a Short Sentence?

Answer 1

used to emphasise a point/the content of the sentence.

Question 2

What is the function of a list?

Answer 2

used to show an amount or variety of something.

Question 3

What is the function of a rhetorical question?

Answer 3

used to ask the reader they already know/to get them to consider your point of view.

Question 4

What is the function of Ellipsis? (…)

Answer 4

used to show a break in a sentence

Question 5

What is the function of Parenthesis? (brackets or dashes)

Answer 5

It can be used to show a break in a sentence or to add extra information.

Question 6

What is the function of a semi-colon? (;)

Answer 6

used to show a connection between two sentences. Think of it as a super comma.

Question 7

What is the function of an exclamation mark?

Answer 7

used to show force.

Question 8

What is the function of an imperative sentence? (command)

Answer 8

for dialogue or to provide instructions/advice to the reader.