AA sentence
He was a tall, thin man.
2 Adjectives for each noun
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Choice - question ?
North, South, East or
West – which
direction would
Randolf choose?
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De : De
The vampire is a dreadful
creature: it kills by
sucking the blood from its
victims.
Description:Detail
Remember the colon.
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Drop in sentence
Remember the comma sandwich
Cakes, which taste fantastic, are not so good for your health.
Embedded Clause
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_______ed opener
Frightened, Horrified,
Maddened, Relieved,
Terrified,
Worried,
Disappointed, Interested,
Intrigued,
Shocked,
Surprised,
Exhausted,
Verb Opener
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If, then sentences
If the bus had been
on time, then he
wouldn’t have been
late for work.
Cause and Effect
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_______ing opener
Laughing,
Crying,
Running
Verb Opener
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List sentence
When Dad went shopping he bought some plums,
strawberries, oranges and lemons.
Use commas to list the items.
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Irony sentence
Our “luxury” hotel turned out to be a farm building.
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____ly sentence
Loudly,
Amazingly,
Quickly,
Carefully,
Slowly,
Cautiously,
Excitedly, Stupidly,
Angrily,
Bravely,
Warily,
Crazily,
Adverb Sentence
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Outside (inside) sentences
He smiled and shook the man’s hand warmly.
(Inside, however, he was more angry than he had
ever been.)
Remember the brackets.
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Personification sentence
The wind screamed through the air.
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Question sentence
What flavour ice cream would you like?
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Short sentences
Stop!
Help!
Oh, no!
Then it happened.
Everything failed. “A gun!”
“What?”
“Up there.”
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Simile sentence
Tom slept like
a log.
He was as loud as a
dog.
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Simple sentence
I like apples.
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Some; others
Some people love football; others
can’t stand it.
Remember the semi-colon
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Sticky Glue words
He was a friendly
man most of the
time, but he could
be nasty.
Compound sentence
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Time words
First,
Next,
Then,
In the morning,
Yesterday,
After that,
Finally,
Time Connectives
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