Sentences Flashcards
To recognise a range of sentence types, which I can use in my writing.
The more helpless you feel, the more angry you get the more awful the situation becomes…
More More More sentence.
Emotive and emphasises big feelings
Have you considered your future?
Rhetorical question.
Focuses the reader and makes them think about your topic.
The old man, who had lived there 50 years, knew all about the legend of the haunted village.
Embedded (in the middle) clause with commas.
Adds information.
Not only was it spooky, it was also isolated.
Not only - but also.
Builds up a mood or situation with multiple reasons.
It was a dreadful, dismal, dreary day.
List of three.
Emphasises (can be combined with facts, adjectives or alliteration).
Silent and haunted, the house crumbled on the hill.
Double adjective start.
Describes something clearly from the start.
When I was hungry, I went to lunch.
When/where/what adverbial opening.
Links paragraphs by making it clear when or where the action is happening.
Crumbling on the hill, the house looked utterly spooky.
Verb start.
Makes objects seem active, or takes you immediately to the action of the situation.
Wind, rain, clouds: the weather up here was miserable.
3 x nouns + a colon…
Sets the scene using things the reader can picture, then sums up your feelings about it all.
Eerily, the lights in the house flickered although nobody was home.
Fronted adverb.
The adverb goes at the front to focus on HOW something happens in the sentence.
I trembled to my very bones (although I was not a coward) when I knocked on the high, gothic door.
Brackets + although
Gives another angle/version of events whilst still sticking to your point.
Whoever entered, whenever they entered, tragedy soon followed.
Whoever/whenever.
Gives a sense that whatever happens ALWAYS happens to EVERYONE in that situation - can be used to create atmosphere or to judge in non-fiction.
Fortunately I had my umbrella - unfortunately, it was broken!
Fortunately/unfortunately.
Gives both sides - to make a point or be ironic/sarcastic.
I smiled (although within me, my heart and stomach fell).
Emotive brackets.
Helps you show ‘inner’ emotions the narrator/character might be hiding.
Wow! Amazing! Shocking!
Minor sentences - one or two word sentences.
To show shocking, amazing or hard hitting information.
