Another way to add interest to your writing is to vary the types of sentences you use. You can even use partial sentences―or sentence fragments―to suggest how your character would sound. Read each description below to learn how different kinds of sentences can affect a narrator's voice. Click each description to see an example.
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"I'm not exactly a small person, but I'm not large either." |
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"How could I stop the bully?" |
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"Stop hanging around the park, and you won't have to deal with the bully." |
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"Hey! Watch out!" |
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"Tall for my age, yes, but no muscles yet." |
Look at the example text below to see how a variety of sentence types and fragments can be used to add interest.
I'm not exactly small. Not large either. Am I tall? Yes, for my age, I guess, but I don't have any muscles yet. My dad always told me, "You teach a bully a lesson by scaring him." No way! That won't help my friend. I've got to think of a way to make the bully stop.
You Try It
Look back at the paragraphs you just revised. Find a few places where you can change the sentence type in order to make your sketch more interesting to read and more realistic as the voice of your character.
