Sentences and punctuation for effect

Why do we use an emotion word, followed by a comma, at the start of a sentence?

E.g. excited and energetic, she raced downstairs.

• To develop a character's feelings

• To make the sentence longer

• To end a story

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

What is the effect of using a colon or dash in a sentence, within a story? Tick all that apply.

• Builds tension and suspense

• Creates a dramatic pause

• Delays the rest of the sentence

• Emphasises a particular part of a sentence

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which of the below is an ellipsis?

• :

• ;

• ...

• !

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

When can we use an ellipsis?

• For cliffhangers

• To show someone is shouting

• To build suspense

• To start a story

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

How is punctuation being used in the following sentence?

It suddenly dropped unusually warm for a November evening-not the first unusual thing to happen that day.

• The dash ends the sentence

• The dash creates a pause to emphasise the end of the sentence

• The dash replaces missing words

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the name of the technique we can use at the start of our story to vary our sentence structures?

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B