Sentence Types

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Sentence Types

• A Way of Thinking

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A sentence should be alivesentences need energy
to make the meaning jump off the page and into
the readers hand Peter Elbow, Writing with
Power
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Four Types of SentencesPHG pg 438

• 1. A declarative sentence states an idea and ends
  with a period.
• Space travel is very exciting.

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• 2. An interrogative sentence asks a question and
  ends with a question mark.
• Which planet is closest to Earth?

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• 3. An imperative sentence gives an order or a
  direction and ends with a period or an
  exclamation mark.
• Follow the directions carefully.
• Wait for me!

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• 4. An exclamatory sentence conveys strong emotion
  and ends with an exclamation mark.
• Shes not telling the truth!

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To be a sentence or not to be.

• A sentence must have a subject and a verb to be
  considered a sentence!
• Error 1
• The Fragment
• A fragment is not a sentence
• It is missing a subject or a verb

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Student Error

• When I was five. I had a Chuckie doll. I would
  scare everybody with Chuckie. Chuckie was about
  two feet, had orange hair, little red and white
  shoes, overalls, and a plastic knife. I replaced
  the plastic knife with a real knife. To make
  Chuckie look more like the real thing. From the
  kitchen drawer. Like a mini-butcher knife. I
  super glued it in Chuckies hand. Ready for
  business.

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What was the problem?

• Many of the sentences did not make sense because
  they were either lacking the right punctuation,
  or they were missing a subject or a verb.

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Two-Word Sentences

1. Write a sentence.
2. How did you know that was a sentence?
3. What made it a sentence?
4. Why is it so hard to identify sentences on tests?
5. Its NOT! To be a simple sentence, it must have
   a subject and a verb. Thats it!

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Mentor Text

• They race.
• Jerry Spinelli, Loser
• Mat winces.
• Maria flinched.
• Matt froze.
• Matt nodded.
• Nancy Farmer, House of Scorpions

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Powerful Words, Powerful Verbs

• Remembering your knowledge of word choice, create
  five of your own two-word sentences.

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Run-On Sentences

• A run-on sentence is created when two or more
  independent clauses are joined together without
  the proper punctuation or connectors.

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Student Error

• Something that makes me happy is my friend
  Destiny she doesnt try to act all cool and she
  is just goofy like when she dances she dont care
  about what nobody says and she just dances and
  doesnt worry so she is a lot of fun to hang with
  because she makes me laugh and we can go to
  Ingram Park mall and cruise around.

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What is the problem?

1. One sentence is that possible??
2. The writing sounds breathless
3. All the ideas run together

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How is a run-on fixed?

1. Add in a comma and a FANBOYS
2. Use a semi-colon ()
3. Add in some punctuation (. ? ! )
4. Re-write the paragraph and fix the errors. Try to
   use each method as least once.

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Dependent vs. Independent

• To be a sentence, it must pass the sentence test.
  (subject and a verb)
• They handle the BB gun carelessly, trading it
  back and forth, each slinging the barrel over his
  shoulder like a hunter in a frontier television
  show. (p.1, Winter Birds)
• They handle the BB gun carelessly.
• Subject? Verb?
• It is a clause that is independent because it
  stands on its own
• Trading it back and forth
• Subject? Verb?
• It is a clause that is dependent on a sentence
  it just needs a comma to connect it

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Sentence Closer
Sentence ,
Closer .

• Core sentence additions attached and grouped
  with commas
• Independent clause dependents

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Practice

• Create your own sentence following the mentor
  text as your example.