Sentence Openers

One easy way to make more variety in your writing is to swap the order of the items in your sentence.

Fronting

• Definition
  • You move what would be at the end of your sentence to the beginning when you use fronting.
  • When you use fronting, you move what would be at the end of your sentence to the beginning.
• Comma at the Front, No Comma at the Back
  • If you are using fronting, make sure that you pay attention to where the comma is or isn't placed.
  • Make sure that you pay attention to where the comma is or isn't placed if you are using fronting.
• Moving Prepositional Phrases
  • At the moment you compose a sentence, think if it contains a prepositional phrase.
  • Think if it contains a prepositional phrase at the moment you compose a sentence.
    • Some common prepositional phrase markers are: about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, to, toward,under, until, up, upon, with, within, and without.
• Moving Dependent Clauses
  • Before you begin, consider writing a sentence with a dependent clause.
  • Consider writing a sentence with a dependent clause before you begin.
    • Some common dependent markers are: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and while.

Inversion

• Definition
  • Inverting a sentence is when you swap the subject and object around.
  • Swapping the subject and object around is considered inverting a sentence.
• No Special Instructions
  • Writing an inverted sentence is easy.
  • It's easy to write an interverted sentence.