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The Declarative Sentence

We Use It All of the Time

A declarative sentence makes a statement. It always ends with a period, and it is the most common type of sentence.

This means that it does not ask a question, make a command, or make a statement with emotion.

Every sentence that you have read on this page so far fits this description. This one does not! Can you tell why?

(You knew why, right? It must end with a period - not a ! or a ?)


Diagramming Statements

Here is its most basic form. These could be sentences like Cats meow. or Dogs bark.

sentence diagram declarative sentence

Here are some much more complicated examples.

" The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone."

-Henrik Ibsen

declarative sentence

"A minute's success pays the failure of years."

- Robert Browning

declarative sentence


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