The Writing Rope: Syntax

Syntax is one of the five strands of Joan Sedita’s Writing Rope. Syntax is a grammar skill, and an important one. It helps us know the order in which words go in a sentence. It also helps us to understand the literal (and often non-literal) meaning of what we hear and read. Syntax helps us […]
What is Syntactic Awareness?

There are virtually unlimited ways a writer can phrase a sentence. Sentences can be written in an almost limitless number of ways. A writer has boundless options for how they can communicate the same idea. See what we mean? All of the sentences above provide the reader with the same message, but the syntax of […]