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Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Sentence Variety: Strategies for Variation HandoutPurdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Sentence Variety: Strategies for Variation Handout
Publisher
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1040L
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Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Sentence Variety: Strategies for Variation

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This lesson offers suggestions to help you fix short, choppy sentences, combine sentences with the same subject, and revise sentences that sound the same. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

coordination, prepositions, relative pronouns, sentence variety

Additional Tags

patterns or rhythms in sentences, subjects or topics repeated in consecutive sentences, transitional words and phrases, writing effective paragraphs, ccss.ela, l.11-12.3 language functions/style, l.6.3.a, online writing lab, purdue university owl, purdue university owl: academic writing: sentence variety: strategies for variation l.6.3.a, vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader or listener interest, and style

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

L.11-12.3.a L.6.3.a L.6.1.e L.6.3.b W.6.2.c W.9-10.3.c W.6.3.c W.8.3.c

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