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Constructing sentences

This clip featuring language from Rachel Carson's 'The Sea Around' shows how, through close textual analysis at sentence level, a writer can consciously craft sentences to convey meaning to the reader. The narrator uses the text on screen to demonstrate how the main clause in a sentence can be placed at the end, to create anticipation in the reader. Adjectival phrases add detail, and punctuation is used to control the pace.

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