Chapter 15 Rules for Writers;; My Choice for Week 11

Chapter 15 “Provide Some Variety” says, when rough drafts are filled with too many sentences that sound alike, putting variety into them can add to clarity and ease of reading. The main points of this chapter are, varying your sentence openings, variety of sentence structure, and inverting sentences occasionally. This chapter also gives information about reading the sentence out loud in order to hear if there is variety rather than depend on grammar checkers only.
Varying your sentence openings in Chapter 15 says that many sentences in English begin with the subject, follow to the verb, and end with the object. Adverb modifiers, such as, single words, phrases, or clauses can be added and gives an example on page 121 of “Rules for Writers”; “A few drops of sap eventually began to trickle into the bucket”. The adverb “eventually” modifies the verb (began) but does not need to be close to it. A variety of sentence structures are better than using only simple sentences or to many compound sentences. Too much of one thing or chopping it up can also be monotonous. The text goes on to explain, a sentence that does not follow subject-verb-object pattern is called inverted and usually is to be avoided, however can sound natural and add variety.
I have used this method of reading out loud to hear my sentence structure to make sure it sounds good. Learning the differences in varying sentences as far as the opening and structure of a sentence is something I will try in upcoming essays. Some of the examples the text gives on page 121 and 122 are great because this could change a paper that is dull to perky. Playing around with sentence structure can be fun; I know it has given me a refresher course in grammar on subject-verb-object and shows me not to be afraid to use it.