Sentence Fluency

As we strive for better sentence fluency, I want you all to keep in mind the ways that it can be easily implemented in your writing.

Punctuation: the use of question marks, exclamation points, commas, periods, colons, semicolons, and dashes.

Sentence Length: small, medium, and large sentences.

Presentation of a sentence: not every sentence starts out the same way and redundant words are avoided.

Sentence fluency is a trait that will come and go. And it all depends on how conscious you are of it as you write. For example, if I know that adding in a short, 3-4 word sentence every now and then helps my writing, I'm going to make a point to add one. It's important!

Most of the time as we write we focus on getting our thoughts and ideas down on paper, and, as a result, the way we have constructed our sentences come across as very choppy. But what if we challenged ourselves to choose a few forms of punctuation (dashes, colons, and question marks) and a few short sentences and made sure we implemented them each time we write --and correctly at that.

At the end of the day, sentence fluency will be what you make it to be. It's a matter of sincerely caring how well you write and using the plethora of punctuation utensils available to you. You never know, you may just end up creating something you never thought you could before.

Use the following link as clarification of the proper use of punctuation marks. Once you have studied the given punctuation marks, construct a blog entry that demonstrates your understanding of them.

Punctuation Tips