Week 5 Harkins

How to Write a Sentence

“People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measure by the degree to which the desired effect has been achieved.”

“Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.”

“In short, pick your effect, figure out what you want to do, and then figure out how to do it.”

In my own writing, I often have problems with deciding how to execute a sentence well and then when to keep it or not. These sentences help to give me guidance behind the purpose of sentences, the mentality that I should have while I’m writing.

People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measure by the degree to which the desired effect has been achieved.

Compound-complex sentence

You don’t need to know all the parts of the sentence to know that the “in order” clause and the “to which” clause describe the sentence that precedes them

It follows a form (noun-verb) and is able to give its message, or content, clearly