Lecture 15 Effective Sentences(2)《英语写作手册》丁往道编 外研社

2. Sentence fragments
Sentence Fragments =Incomplete Sentences Acceptable for emphatic purpose
E.g.: 1) The sky was overcast. A north win was blowing. It threatened to rain at any moment. A gloomy day.
Effective Sentences
1.Unity (统一) 2.Coherence (连贯) 3.Conciseness (简洁) 4.Emphasis (强调) 5.Variety (多样性)
4.Emphasis （强调）
When there is an important idea, it should be expressed with emphasis.
7. Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
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1. This is the very dictionary I have been looking for. 2. The director himself told me this news. 3. Do tell us about your recent Antarctic expedition. 4. His latest novel is by far the best he has ever written. 5. I’m so hungry that I’ll eat whatever food I can find. 6. What on earth are you talking about? 7. You can buy everything under the sun in that store. 8. I don’t like it at all. 9. Many peasants have motorcycles, not to mention /let
3. Don’t move! / How nice!
4. Didn’t I tell you that you mustn’t touch this machine?
5. I didn’t get a ticket for the opera. How could I?
6. There were so many errors in the performance that the result was not a tragedy, but a comedy.
alone TV sets and recorders. 10. How wonderful that film is! (Exclamation) 11. It was through his uncle that he secured his post.
1. Short sentences
Short sentences are often emphatic, especially after longer ones.
Effective Sentences
1.Unity (统一) 2.Coherence (连贯) 3.Conciseness (简洁) 4.Emphasis (强调) 5.Variety (多样)
Effective Sentences
1.Unity (统一) A. Logically connected B. Expressing a single complete idea 2.Coherence (连贯) Six types of mistakes 3.Conciseness (简洁) A. No unnecessary repetition B. Changing the sentence structure
A. Emphatic Sentences (强调句) B. Emphasis within the Sentences(句子内部的强调)
Emphasis （强调）
A. Emphatic Sentences
1. Short sentences （短句） 2. Sentence fragments（句子片段） 3. Inverted sentences（倒装句）
4. Parallel constructions and balanced sentences（平
行结构及对仗句）
5. Periodic sentences（圆周句）
6. Imperative and exclamatory sentences（祈使句及感
叹句）
7. Rhetorical questions（反问句） 8. Negative-positive statements（先否定后肯定） 9. Sentences with repeated words or phrases（重复）r asked the audience what they thought were the main problems the city government was facing, and how these problems should or could be solved, and he eagerly waited for answers. No answer came.
A. Emphatic Sentences
1. The sky was overcast. A north wind was blowing. It threatened to rain at any moment. A gloomy day.
2. The poet was born poor, and poor he remained all his life.