SENTENTIA

WHAT IT MEANS

• Fancy term for a
• Quotation
• Maxim
• Wise saying

BEST USED:

• Sum up what you said in preceding paragraph
• Sounds familiar or witty
• Most effective when:
• short succinct wisdom seems to tie together Everything that came before it
• To support argument

EXAMPLES

• "As is often said, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
• "We would do well to remember that all is fair in love and war."
• EXERCISES 1 & 2