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The document discusses four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Declarative sentences make statements and end with periods, while interrogative sentences ask questions and end with question marks. Imperative sentences give commands and can end with periods or exclamation points. Exclamatory sentences express strong emotions and always end with exclamation marks.

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Sophia

The document discusses four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Declarative sentences make statements and end with periods, while interrogative sentences ask questions and end with question marks. Imperative sentences give commands and can end with periods or exclamation points. Exclamatory sentences express strong emotions and always end with exclamation marks.

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Kinds of Sentences according to Meaning.

1.Declarative Sentence
-The main goal of this type of sentence is to make a statement. The only thing
that matters is if it declares something – if it does, it is a declarative sentence.

Declarative sentence ends with a period. Sentences that fit the definition for
being of declarative type, can be further categorized into two groups – positive
and negative. Respectively, the difference between them is whether you intend to
make a positive or negative statement:

For Examples:
Positive
Jessica likes history lectures.

Negative
Jessica does not like history lectures.

Therefore, declarative sentences are widely used in all types of academic papers,
written documents, dialogues, etc.

2.Interrogative Sentence
- The interrogative sentence , any sentence that asks a question can be attributed
to this category and will always end with a question mark.

Similar to other types of sentences, interrogative sentences can be either positive


or negative. Here are a few interrogative sentence examples of both:

Positive
Does Jessica like history lectures?

Negative
Doesn’t Jessica like history lectures?

Interrogative sentences can have a variety of applications in your speech.


However, when it comes to writing, especially academic papers, questions don’t
always fit in context. For example, if you write a narrative essay, you will likely not
be required to ask questions, as the purpose of a narrative essay paper is to
provide information, not to collect it. Interrogative sentences are more commonly
used in persuasive essays to encourage readers to reflect upon or reinforce the
effect of the author’s arguments (e.g. “Did you know that…?”).

3.Imperative Sentence
-The main goal of these sentences is to tell others to do something, or, in other
words, give a command. Imperative sentences can end with either a period or an
exclamation mark.

For Examples:
Welcome the new student.

4.Exclamatory Sentence
-It is used to express a strong surprise of emotion and always ends with an
exclamation mark.

For Example:
What wonderful weather !
What a beautiful painting!
I feel terrible!

Exclamatory sentences express powerful emotions, and, respectively, strive to


evoke the same emotions in readers. In many cases, using this type of sentence in
academic papers is inappropriate. However, if you are writing a descriptive or
narrative essay, exclamatory sentences are great tools for helping your story to
become even more vivid by delivering the right emotions to the reader.

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