Starter quiz
- What usually appears first in a sentence?
- verb
- subject ✓
- object
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- Which sentence does not follow the expected order?
- Odd, she thought. ✓
- They observed that it was very odd.
- She thought it was odd.
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- Which sentence contains the most natural way for a list to be written?
- She was tired, hungry, fed-up.
- She was tired and hungry and fed-up.
- She was tired, hungry and fed-up. ✓
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- What is unique about this list: "She was tired, hungry, fed-up."?
- it repeats conjunctions
- it contains no conjunctions ✓
- it is shocking for the reader
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- What is a climax?
- the beginning of a novel or text where characters are introduced
- the most exciting, intense part of a novel or text ✓
- the part where conflict is resolved in a novel or text
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- Which list builds to a climax?
- The sky was lavender, apricot and terracotta.
- It was lethal, cruel and wrong.
- They were bored and cold and at war. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is asyndeton?
- the omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence ✓
- repetition of conjunctions in close succession within a sentence
- changed from its normal position by being ordered in the opposite way
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- Which sentence uses polysyndeton?
- It was Sunday and it was hot and they were hungry. ✓
- They waited to be first, to choose, to devour.
- Never-ending, they thought as they counted thousands of people ahead.
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- Which list uses a climactic structure?
- humid, warm, suffocating
- warm, humid, suffocating ✓
- suffocating, humid, warm
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- Why might someone use a list with a climactic structure?
- it can be used to shock the reader ✓
- it can be used to build tension ✓
- it allows you to use more sophisticated vocabulary
- it slows the pace of the narrative down
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- Which sentence uses an inverted structure?
- Tall and proud stood the oak tree. ✓
- The oak tree stood tall and proud.
- The tree stood proudly.
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- Why might you choose to use polysyndeton over asyndeton?
- to create a fast pace
- to create a slow pace ✓
- to make your writing more emotive
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Key learning points
- An inverted sentence reverses the natural order of a sentence.
- Using an inverted sentence structure is a good way to vary syntax to make your writing more engaging.
- Asyndeton uses a list with no conjunctions whilst polysyndeton uses a list with a repeated conjunction.
- Asyndeton creates a fast pace whereas polysyndeton creates a slower pace.
- You can create interesting sentence structures by adding a climactic structure to your writing.
Common misconception
Lists cannot add sophistication to your writing.
Varying the way we write lists can make our writing more sophisticated.
Keywords
Syntax - the order of words in a sentence
Inverted - changed from its normal position by being ordered in the opposite way
Asyndeton - the omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence
Polysyndeton - repetition of conjunctions in close succession within a sentence
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