Expressive Punctuation: Contrasting sentence lengths
Lesson
Expressive Punctuation: Contrasting sentence lengths
11 pages
- Purpose
- Learn to adjust sentence length for expressive effect.
- Description
- This lesson looks at effects that can be created by simply contrasting the sentence lengths in a paragraph. It uses simple examples from reflective memoirs such as Jeanette Walls' The Glass Castle.
- Lesson type
- Introduction
- Genre / Topic
- Everyday