EFFECTIVE SENTENCES

Effective Sentences
Effective Sentences is a sentence to
express of thoughts or ideas that
presented, so it can be understood by
others.
Effective Sentences includes;
• Emphasizing ideas,
• Coordination and subordination
• Using Parallelism
• Achieving Variety.
 a. Emphasizing Ideas

Emphasizing Ideas is a prominence on the

main idea of sentence.
• Example: the expectation of president
is for people to build their state and
nation.
The emphasis is the expectation of
president.
 b. Parallelism

Parallelism means the use of the same

pattern of words for two or more
ideas that have the same level of
importance.
 PUT STRUCTURALLY EQUIVALENT WORDS OR
PHRASES IN THE SAME PART
OF SPEECH.
Parallel (all nouns): The position required experience, friendliness, and a
willingness to get up early.
Not parallel: The position required experience, friendly, and get up early.
 PUT STRUCTURALLY EQUIVALENT VERBS IN THE
SAME FORM
Not parallel: Good health requires eating right and exercise regularly.
Parallel: Good health requires eating right and exercising regularly.
 c. Coordination and
subordination

Coordination and subordination are two

basic ways of combining two sentences
to help the reader see how they are
related.
 Coordination is the act of connecting two ideas of equal
weight and importance.

Using a transitional phrase to connect two independent clau

ses
Some examples of transitional phrases include: after all,
even so, in addition, on the contrary, etc.
Example:
a. She passed the test. She studied all weekend.
b. She passed the test. After all, she studied all weekend.
Subordination involves identifying one idea
as less important than another.
Coordination and Subordination allow
writers to make connections between ideas,
emphasize certain ideas as more important
than others, and create transitions between
different ideas.
Using a subordinating conjunctions or
relative pronoun to convey the relationship
between the two ideas. Some examples of
subordinating conjunctions are: although,
because, since, while, as, etc
Examples of subordination:
a. Sarah hates public speaking. She gave a
speech in honor of her favorite charity.
b. Although Sarah hates public speaking,
she gave a speech in honor of her favorite
charity.
 d. Achieving variety
Effective sentence should be easily understood.
In this case the relationship of the elements
in a sentence must have a logical relationship
/ make sense.
Example :
I'll let the time and place.
This Sentence is illogical / unreasonable because
of the time and place is an inanimate object
that cannot be welcome.
The sentence should be changed, for example;
Mr. A, I invite you to go up to the podium.