Sentence Fluency Workshop

Sentence Fluency Workshop An Activity that Focuses on Readability and Sentence Variation

How to Start

Select any paragraph from your essay
Number a blank piece of paper from 1-5
In the first five sentences, count how many words are in each sentence
On your numbered page, write down the number of words per sentence
Next, write out the first five to seven words in each sentence next to the number of words

Questions to Ask Yourself

Compare the number of words in each sentence.
Are they close to the same number or do they vary?

Keep Analyzing

How do your sentences start?
Do they all start the same way?
Look for ways to vary how each sentence starts.

This activity will help with the readability of your paper. Once you've located the areas that need improvement, it's time to edit!

Time to Edit

Why do writers pay attention to sentence fluency?

By varying sentence length and starting sentences in a variety of ways, readers are likely to stay interested in your writing.

Don't forget to make an appointment with one of the Responders at the Writers' Center. We'd love to collaborate with you!

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Appreciate

Credits:

Created with images by Markus Spiske - "Made with Canon 5d Mark III and loved analog lens, Leica APO Macro Elmarit-R 2.8 / 100mm (Year: 1993)" • Frank Vessia - "untitled image" • Lucas George Wendt - "Yellow pencils" • am JD - "beautiful colors" • Neven Krcmarek - "Blue pencil against black paper"