#new realism

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House At Dusk, 1935, Room for Tourists, 1945, Night Windows, 1928, & Room in New York, 1932 by Edward Hopper / "I Look in People's Windows" by Taylor Swift

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Writing Notes: Sentence Types

There are 4 types of sentences in English. Each has a specific purpose.

4 Types of Sentences

DECLARATIVE SENTENCE

The purpose of this sentence is to make a statement.

It is the most common sentence in writing, and it ends with a period. Examples:

"Larry ate chocolate ice cream covered with almonds."

"Susan was declared class president at the pep rally."

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

The purpose of this sentence is to ask a question.

The sentence ends with a question mark.

There are 2 kinds of questions in English:

1. The "yes/no" question

Places the helping verb in a declarative sentence before the subject in the interrogative sentence. Example:

"I can go to Jamaica this summer." (declarative)

Is transformed to: "Can I go to Jamaica this summer?" (interrogative)

2. The "wh-"question

Begins with a question word: who, what, when, where, why, and how. These words always appear first in the interrogative sentence. Examples:

Who is that student?

What are Mary and Robin doing?

When will you be home?

Where is Mark going?

Why are you sad?

How does that work?

IMPERATIVE SENTENCE

The purpose of this sentence is to issue a request or command.

It has no written subject; however, the subject is implied, and it is always "you." Examples:

"Go to school." = (You) Go to school.

"Don't drive too fast." = (You) Don't drive too fast.

EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE

The purpose of this sentence is to express a strong feeling.

Exclamatory sentences always end with an exclamation point. Examples: 

"That is an unusual color!"

"John sounded brilliant!"

Source ⚜ More: Writing Basics & Refreshers

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Edward Hopper, Summertime, 1943. Oil on canvas.

Photo: Walker Art Center

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Chair Car, Edward Hopper, 1965

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Kenne Grégoire

[collectionstilllife]

Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920-2021) • Food Bowls • 2005

[internationalemeteorologie]

Wayne Thiebaud

Valley River. 1995

[4eternal-life]

William Glackens  (American, 1870–1938)

Bathers at Bellport,  c. 1912

oil on canvas

Phillips Collection

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Rooms By The Sea (1951) and Sun in an Empty Room (1963) by Edward Hopper

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From Williamsburg Bridge

Edward Hopper, 1928

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Daniel Spoerri, swiss writer and artist (born 1930): "Die strenge Gouvernante", Détrompe l'oeil auf Ölgemälde, 2008

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(vía New Objectivity | Frieze)

Herbet Ploberger, Self-Portrait with Ophthalmological Models (Selbstbildnis mit ophathamologischen Lehrmodellen),  c. 1928-30, Oil on Canvas, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, courtesy: Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ Bildrecht, Vienna

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Word List: Hell

beautiful words with "hell" to try to include in your poem/story

Hellacious - exceptionally powerful or violent; remarkably good; extremely difficult; extraordinarily large

Helladic - of or relating to the Bronze Age culture of the Greek mainland lasting from about 2500 to 1100 b.c.

Helladotherium - a genus of extinct Pliocene giraffes of Greece and Asia Minor

Hellbender - a large aquatic usually brownish-gray salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of streams of the eastern and central U.S.

Hell-bent - stubbornly and often recklessly determined or intent

Hellbox - a receptacle into which a printer throws damaged or discarded type material

Hellbroth - a brew for working black magic

Hellcat - witch; a violently temperamental person

Hell-diver - a pied-billed grebe or other rather small grebe i.e., any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to the loons but having lobed toes

Helldog - hellhound (i.e., a dog represented in mythology as a guardian of the underworld; a fiendish person)

Hellebore - a poisonous herb (genus Veratrum) of the lily family

Helleborine - any of several orchids

Hellenize - to become Greek or Hellenistic

Helleri - swordtail i.e., a small brightly marked Central American live-bearer (Xiphophorus helleri) often kept in tropical aquariums and bred in many colors

Hellfire - the eternal fire of hell that tortures sinners

Hellgrammite - a carnivorous aquatic North American insect larva that is the young form of a dobsonfly (especially Corydalis cornutus) and is used for fish bait

Hellhole - a place of extreme misery or squalor

Hellion - a troublesome or mischievous person

Hellish - of, resembling, or befitting hell; broadly: terrible

Hellkite - one that shows hellish cruelty

Hellmouth - a property in a medieval mystery or miracle play representing the entrance of hell as the gaping jaws sometimes with moving joints of a monster resembling a whale

Hellroot - small broomrape i.e., a broomrape (Orobanche minor) having a loose spike of flowers with two basal bracts and a corolla with rounded lobes

Hell's bells - used especially to express impatience or irritation

Hellscape - a hellish landscape; a harshly unpleasant place or environment

If any of these words inspire your writing, do tag me or send me a link. I'd love to read your work!

More: Word Lists ⚜ Heaven

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Edward Hopper, From the Williamsburg Bridge, 1928. Oil on canvas.

In this painting, Hopper depicts the austere facades of four apartment buildings and reduces the steel suspension of the Williamsburg Bridge to the margins. Completed in 1903 and connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan, the structure is indicated only by the unobtrusive railing rising at a slight diagonal along the bottom of the canvas. As opposed to focusing on the bridge that facilitates movement in and out of the city, Hopper creates an image absent of noise or motion. He emphasizes the alienation and anonymity of urban life by including a single figure: a woman sitting alone in a top story window.     

—Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photo: Wiki Art

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City Roofs, Edward Hopper, 1932

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