Winnie Tang teaches how to write exclamatory sentences that show strong emotion like excitement or anger. They start with "how" or "what," end with an exclamation mark, and work best when used sparingly to grab attention, not on every sentence.
Hi everyone, this is Winnie or Miss Tang. Today we are learning to identify and write exclamatory sentences. This is because we want to emphasize a point or express a strong opinion. For our success criteria today, good is I can recognize exclamatory sentences in a text. Great is can you begin exclamatory sentences with pronouns such as how or what in your sentences? Can you give emphasis to a noun or object in the sentence? And can you end with an exclamation mark? Amazing is— Can you write examples of different types of sentences, not just the exclamatory sentences? You might want to write declarative sentences, imperative sentences, or interrogative sentences. Exclamatory sentences. So they give an emphasis on a feeling or an emotion. So this could be surprise, excitement, enthusiasm, could be a a feeling of admiration or anger or alarm. You could begin with "how" or "what"— not always. They give emphasis on the noun or the object in the sentence, and it also includes an exclamation mark. Here are some tips for when you are writing your sentences. Make sure that you are using them when your character is genuinely feeling these strong emotions or feelings, and use them to add emphasis to a point that you are trying to make, like if you're trying to grab the reader's attention or you're trying to a sense of urgency, excitement, or surprise, and we've got to try to avoid overusing them because otherwise they won't have the same effect as when we are trying to use them. So definitely use them for the right purpose. Here are some examples of exclamatory sentences, especially one where we are expressing excitement. This is an example from the narrative that I've written called Amber and the Browbeating Bully. This is also the prequel to the book that my friend and I are writing called Amber the pesky plastic problem. It will be the best day ever! So exclamation mark is being used, and we are— or I'm trying to share that this character is expressing their excitement in that particular day. Here is an example of a sentence that is expressing anger. Hey, leave her alone! So we have our exclamation marks for hey and leave her alone because we are trying to express that the character means business. She's serious. She is expressing that she is not happy with the situation that she is seeing at the moment, and she's trying to express that emotion. Okay, now it is your turn. Can you find any exclamatory sentences in the book you are reading? Do you know the purpose of why the author has used these sentences? Can you write your own exclamatory sentences in your own narrative or in your own writing? And what purpose are you using? What are you trying to express, or what is your character expressing in this story. To learn how to help your reader understand what you are writing, here is my grammar and punctuation playlist right here. See you in my next video. Bye!
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