We learned that punctuation is important for good sentences. Punctuation is especially important to show when a sentence ends. However, there are different choices to end a sentence: a period or full stop, a question mark (!), or a question mark (?). We make this choice based on the type of sentence.
Sentences fall into the following four types based on their functions or the jobs that they do:
1. Declarative Sentences are used to communicate information or make statements.
2. Interrogative Sentences are used to ask questions.
3. Imperative Sentences are used to give orders or directives.
4. Exclamatory Sentences take declarative sentences one step further: they make statements that are charged with emotion. The signal that the sentence is exclamatory is the exclamation point at the end!
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Text about types of sentences by function adapted from GPRC Learning Commons, https://libguides.gprc.ab.ca/writing/revising
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