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Loose Sentence
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Example
"I walked back along the border of the lawn, traversed the gravel softly, and tiptoed up the veranda steps." - The Great Gatsby
Author's Purpose
Contributes to a relaxed, loose, and conversational tone.
Example
"They lit first upon Professor Dumbledore, sitting in his high-backed golden chair at the center of the long staff table, wearing deep-purple robes scattered with silvery stars and a matching hat" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Definition
Works Cited
Example
A type of sentence in which the main idea, or independent clause, comes first, followed by independent grammatical units such as phrases or clauses
"He was in a brightly lighted street, on a trim sidewalk, looking at a wax figure exquisitely contorted on a satin chain loung in a shop window" - The Fountainhead
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. 144. Print.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. 661. Print.
Rowling, J. K. "The Sorting Hat's New Song." Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic, 2003. 203. Print.