Application goal: Avoiding an overextended lead-in to the main point.
Varying sentence length can highlight ideas and avoid monotony. A short sentence can emphasise a point after explanation; a longer one can express complex relationships if it stays clear.
Context: Placing the key information at the end. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Varying sentence length can highlight ideas and avoid monotony. A short sentence can emphasise a point after explanation; a longer one can express complex relationships if it stays clear.
Context: Placing the key information at the end. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
A long sequence of preliminary details would delay the point rather than strengthen it.
أما تسلسل طويل من التفاصيل التمهيدية فسيؤخر الفكرة بدلًا من تقويتها.
The writer should therefore retain only the details that help establish the intended emphasis.
لذلك، ينبغي أن يحتفظ الكاتب بالتفاصيل التي تساعد على تحقيق التأكيد المقصود فقط.
Sentence rhythm depends on selection as much as on length.
يعتمد إيقاع الجملة على اختيار عناصرها بقدر اعتماده على طولها.