Sentence structure

ADRIANA RIOS MONTENEGROCOMPOSITION IUNICOR2012

SENTENCE STRUCTURETHERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF ORGANIZING WORDS INTO SENTENCES. HERE WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO USE SENTENCE STRUCTURE PURPOSEFULLY. COORDINATION SUBORDINATION PARALLELISM

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)

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)

subordinationIs 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.

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)

PARALLELISMIs 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.

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.

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.

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