Sentence Switch – The Super-Interesting Writing Technique!

 

OVERVIEW

Sentence Switch is a super-interesting technique that you can employ to add the elements of fun and interest to your writing…

 

Let us see what this is all about!

 

WHAT IS SENTENCE SWITCH?

• Sentence switch is a writing technique which represents a switch in the ​​point of view when one sentence or clause is switched to a second sentence or clause which represents a contradictory point of view in relation to the first sentence or clause.  
• Sentence Switch technique is rooted in the life’s fundamental quality of conflict, contradiction, duality and polarity of life.
• It represents the betraying uncertainty of life; the twists and turns of life; like riding on a see-saw or playing dice where the outcome is uncertain among a set of possibilities.
• In creative copywriting, ‘sentence switch’ is sometimes also referred as ‘Sentence Twist’ or the ‘twists and turns’ writing style.
• While using this technique, the resulting sentence structure doesn’t always turns to be grammatically correct or meaningful, however the goal is to employ it in use for the writing formations like that of headlines, captions, dialogues and what not. The possibilities are infinite!
• Sentence Switch is executed by joining two clauses (mainly independent clauses) with a common word or phrase acting as the conjunction between the two clauses or sentences.

 

Let’s understand this with the help of some examples!

 

11 EXAMPLES OF SENTENCE SWITCH

#1

Life is full of suffering. 
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Suffering is optional.
=
Life is full of suffering is optional.

#2

I love you.
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You annoy me so much.
=
I love you annoy me so much.

#3

She is getting angry.
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Getting angry is not good for her health.
=
She is getting angry is not good for her health.

#4

It seems like her body is about to burst out of her skinny party dress.
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Her skinny party dress looks as dazzling as her deep sapphiric eyes.
=
It seems like her body is about to burst out of her skinny party dress looks as dazzling as her deep sapphiric eyes.

#5

His green shoes remind me of something.
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Something is wrong in my life.
=
His green shoes remind me of something is wrong in my life.

#6

Nowadays Johnny is obsessed with eating cookies.
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Eating cookies is one of the best ways to feel happy.
=
Nowadays Johnny is obsessed with eating cookies is one of the best ways to feel happy.

#7

Will you marry me?
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Marry me because you love me and not because I am rich.
=
Will you marry me because you love me and not because I am rich?

#8

Don’t be so sensitive.
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Be so sensitive that everybody falls in love with you.
=
Don’t be so sensitive that everybody falls in love with you.

#9

Falling in love with you felt like swinging merrily in a meadow where there is a heavenly rainbow.
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There is a heavenly rainbow ending in a well of fire and destruction.
=
Falling in love with you felt like swinging merrily in a meadow where there is a heavenly rainbow ending in a well of fire and destruction.

#10

Try, for once, putting your trust in people
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Putting your trust in people is a surefire way to break your heart. =
Try, for once, putting your trust in people is a surefire way to break your heart.

#11

Flabbergasted, I blinked my eyes open to see the king of goblins.
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Goblins inviting me to have supper in the castle of labyrinths, a spooky sight!
=
Flabbergasted, I blinked my eyes open to see the king of goblins inviting me to have supper in the castle of labyrinths, a spooky sight!

 

Thank you, Good day & Keep Writing!

Neha