Writing 2101F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Infinitive, Asteroid Family, Online Petition

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2101F/G
• Professor: Marielle Aylen

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Learn to control emphasis to make sure readers perceive relative importance the same as you do. Most emphatic position in a sentence it its ending: second most emphatic position is the beginning. Loose, cumulative or right-branching sentence makes its main point in an early independent clause &then adds modifying subordinate elements. Periodic or left-branching sentences wholly or partly delay its main point until the end. Full periodic sentences are usually the result of careful thought &planning. Using the expletive and the passive voice for emphasis. Expletive &passive voice can be weak &unemphatic in some contexts. Putting the verb in the passive voice makes something the subject of the sentence &enables important elements to come at the beginnings: allows for a strong beginning. Use expletives &passive voice when you need to delete or delay mention of the agent or otherwise shift the subject of a sentence.