Student Writing Intensive Continuation Course C-1
3 SSS (short staccato sentences) Short and powerful Patterns that work better than others 5:4:3 Rhythmically powerful 4:3:2 Descending Pattern 3:2:1 Very Dramatic – descending pattern (1 is a fragment) 4:4:4 Parallel Pattern 3:3:3 Parallel Pattern Sentence pattern is – exception to the rule (v.s.s.)
Three Short Stacatto Sentences Placing three very short sentences together will grab yor reader‟s attention. Use this technique at pivotal points in your writing or for emphasis. The 3SSS works particularly well at the end of a paragraph or at the beginning of a composition. Short sentences are defined as five words or less.
Pattern Examples: 4:3:2 Killer bees invaded America. Visciously they attacked. Humans suffered. 3:3:3 Savage bees attacked. Violently they killed. Nobody was spared. 2:2:2 Bees invaded. The mauraded. Humans perished. Descending patterns are recommended as they have a stronger impact than ascending patterns. Some examples: The naïve animals never realized, until too late, what the lion was up to. They all pitied the lion. They came to help. But they never returned. “I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston Churchill
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