declarative sentence

Examples of declarative sentence in the following topics:

• Ending Punctuation

  • Recall that declarative sentences make statements and imperative sentences give commands.
  • (declarative sentence containing an imperative statement)
  • Declarative sentences sometimes contain direct questions.
  • (declarative sentence with a direct question)
  • (declarative sentence that includes an exclamation)

• Using Varied Sentence Lengths and Styles

  • Here is an example of declarative sentence: "I have to go to work. " A declarative sentence, or declaration, commonly makes a statement and is the most common type of sentence.
  • Structural classifications for sentences include: simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences.
  • A declarative sentence, or declaration, is the most common type of sentence.
  • Sentences in English can also be classified as either major sentences or minor sentences:
  • A major sentence is a regular sentence with a subject and a predicate.

• Structure of a Sentence

  • Structural classifications for sentences include simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences.
  • English sentences can also be classified based on their purpose: declarations, interrogatives, exclamations, and imperatives.
  • A declarative sentence, or declaration, is the most common type of sentence.
  • Because you'll be relying on statements most of the time, you'll want to vary the structure of your declarative sentences, using the forms above, to be sure your paragraphs don't feel plodding. 
  • One declaration after the next can lull the reader into complacency (or, worse, sleep).

• Structure of a Sentence

• Transitions, Signal Phrases, and Pointing Words

  • Connections between each idea—both between sentences and between paragraphs—should enhance that sense of cohesion.
  • A transition can be a word, phrase, or sentence—in longer works, they can even be a whole paragraph.
  • Transitions refer to both the preceding and ensuing sentence, paragraph, or section of a written work.
  • An "if–then" structure is a common transition technique in concluding sentences:
  • Here are some common signal-phrase verbs: acknowledges, adds, admits, argues, asserts, believes, claims, confirms, contends, declares, denies, disputes, emphasizes, grants, implies, insists, notes, observes, points out, reasons, refutes, rejects, reports, responds, suggests, thinks, writes.

• Components of a Sentence

  • An incomplete sentence is called a fragment.
  • Compare and contrast the sentences below:
  • In active-voice sentences, it is the noun or pronoun performing the action in the sentence.
  • in a sentence.
  • In a given sentence, there may be more than one of any of the five core sentence elements.

• Colons

  • Some punctuation marks, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation points, indicate the end of a sentence.
  • However, commas, semicolons, and colons all can appear within a sentence without ending it.
  • Essentially, sentences that are divided by colons are of the form, "Sentence about something: list or definition related to that sentence."
  • The elements that follow the colon may or may not be complete sentences.
  • Because the colon is preceded by a sentence, it is a complete sentence whether what follows the colon is another sentence or not.

• Topic Sentences

  • Each of these claims will become a topic sentence, and that sentence, along with the evidence supporting it, will become a paragraph in the body of the paper.
  • Supporting sentences: examples, details, and explanations that support the topic sentence (and claim).
  • Concluding sentence: gives the paragraph closure by relating the claim back to the topic sentence and thesis statement.
  • (Stylistically speaking, if you wanted to include "Cooking is difficult," you could make it the first sentence, followed by the topic sentence.
  • It just shouldn't be the topic sentence.)

• Introduction to Commas

  • Sometimes a dependent clause can be used to introduce a sentence.
  • The first phrase could not stand on its own as a sentence, but when joined to the independent clause by the comma, the sentence is complete.
  • In these situations, say the sentence to yourself.
  • In this sentence, "new" and "weird" are nonrestrictive.
  • In other words, if you dropped a restrictive modifier from a sentence, the meaning of the sentence would change.

• Making Subject and Verbs Agree

  • Incorrect sentence: My dog and my cat likes to be petted.
  • Correct sentence: My dog and my cat like to be petted.
  • Incorrect sentence: The Anderson kids, as well as their mother, likes visiting New York.
  • Correct sentence: The Anderson kids, as well as their mother, like visiting New York.
  • Recognize subject-verb agreement by paying careful attention to the number and case of the sentence subject.