That a sentence is 20 words long is not quite true, because we can easily create sentences that are considerably longer than 20 words, such as this one. But let’s stick to 20 words in a sentence ...

They incorporate common phrases that make us assume we’re reading a kind of sentence we’ve seen many times before. Then surprise! It's not. The arrangement of words in a garden-path sentence ...

Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...

That a sentence is 20 words long is not quite true, because we can easily create sentences that are considerably longer than 20 words, such as this one. But let’s stick to 20 words in a sentence ...