The Need For Sentence Variety

The Need For Sentence Variety in Written Expression

What is Sentence Variety?

Why do we need sentence variety in writing?

Sentence Variety is where students and writers use a combination of sentence types to make their writing interesting and intriquing as the reader reads their writing.

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Think of a variety store. Does it carry one type of item or many different types of items?

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Using the idea of what a variety store is, how do you think we can gain or achieve variety in our own writing? Thats right! We can use different types of sentences as we build up our writing.

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Can you think of any of the types of sentences? Try to remember: Simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence.

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