Chapter 29 covers everything from sentence structure to common sentence patterns, it explains how each sentence is important and plays a major role in your writing. Making a sentence memorable is important, but it's not always easy to craft a well written sentence after every period. My favorite example they used was the sentence that opened up a chapter in a dissertation, "Hazel Hernandez struck me as a honest thief". The book emphasizes what a great opening this is and how captivating it is. I couldn't agree more, the author contradicts himself by saying that a thief is "honest". This makes the reader want to continue reading to understand what exactly a "honest" thief is.
Chapter 29 taught me that each sentence matters or else you wouldn't have it in your writing. The hardest part is making the reader understand the point you are emphasizing in that sentence and this chapter lays out a few ways to emphasize that idea. There really is no such thing as a buffer sentence, because every sentence gets read by the reader, so every sentence is important to presenting your argument. After elementary school, the focus in english class switches more over to the overall paper and paragraphs rather than breaking it down sentence by sentence. This chapter reminded me how important every sentence is and how to set up every sentence properly. Also that just because it is a simple sentence, doesn't mean it isn't a great sentence and this is a problem I tend to have. I always think my sentences have to be more complex and that leads me to have more run on sentences in my papers.
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