Introduction to Sentence Combining Exercises

Prologue to Sentence Combining Exercises This activity will acquaint you with sentence consolidating that is, arranging sets of short, rough sentences into longer, progressively compelling ones. In any case, the objective of sentence consolidating isn't to deliver longer sentences but instead to grow progressively viable sentencesand to assist you with turning into an increasingly flexible author. Sentence consolidating approaches you to try different things with various strategies for assembling words. Since there are endless approaches to fabricate sentences, your objective isn't to locate the one right blend yet to consider various game plans before you choose which one is the best. An Example of Sentence Combining Lets think about a model. Start by seeing this rundown of eight short (and tedious) sentences: She was our Latin teacher.We were in high school.She was tiny.She was a birdlike woman.She was swarthy.She had dull eyes.Her eyes were sparkling.Her hair was turning gray. Presently take a stab at joining those sentences into three, two, or even only one clear and sound sentence: during the time spent consolidating, exclude dreary words and expressions, (for example, She was) however keep the entirety of the first subtleties. Have you prevailing with regards to joining the sentences? Provided that this is true, contrast your work and these example mixes: Our Latin educator in secondary school was a small lady. She was dark and birdlike. She had dim, shining eyes and turning gray hair.When we were in secondary school, our Latin instructor was a minuscule lady. She was dark and birdlike, with dull, shimmering eyes and turning gray hair.Our secondary school Latin instructor was a dark, birdlike lady. She was small, with dull, shining eyes and turning gray hair.Our Latin educator in secondary school was a birdlike lady, little and dark, with turning gray hair and dim, shimmering eyes. Keep in mind, theres no single right blend. Truth be told, there are generally a few different ways to consolidate sentences in these activities. After a little practice, in any case, youll find that a few mixes are more clear and more successful than others. On the off chance that youre inquisitive, here is the sentence that filled in as the first model for this small joining exercise: Our secondary school Latin educator was a small, birdlike lady, dark, with shimmering dull eyes, turning gray hair.(Charles W. Morton, It Has Its Charm) An unordinary blend, you may state. Is it the most ideal rendition? Also observe in later activities, that question cannot be replied until we take a gander at the mix with regards to the sentences that go before and tail it. All things considered, certain rules merit remembering as we assess our work in these activities. Assessing Sentence Combinations Subsequent to consolidating a lot of sentences in an assortment of ways, you should set aside the effort to assess your work and choose which mixes you like and which ones you dont. You may do this assessment all alone or in a gathering where you will get an opportunity to contrast your new sentences and those of others. In either case, read your sentences so anyone can hear as you assess them: how they sound to you can be similarly as uncovering with respect to what they look like. Here are six essential characteristics to consider when you assess your new sentences: Which means. To the extent you can decide, have you passed on the thought proposed by the first author?Clarity. Is the sentence clear? Would it be able to be comprehended on the first reading?Coherence. Do the different pieces of the sentence fit together intelligently and smoothly?Emphasis. Are catchphrases and expressions put in decided positions (for the most part at the end or at the absolute starting point of the sentence)?Conciseness. Does the sentence obviously express a thought without squandering words?Rhythm. Does the sentence stream, or is it set apart by clumsy interferences? Do the interferences help to accentuate key focuses (a powerful method), or do they just occupy (an ineffectual strategy)? These six characteristics are so firmly related that one cannot be handily isolated from another. The centrality of the different characteristics and their interrelationship-ought to become more clear to you as you keep on chipping away at this ability.