LESSON 63.
SENTENCES CLASSIFIED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR MEANING.
+Hints for Oral Instruction+.—You have already become acquainted with three kinds of sentences. Can you name them?
+P+.—The Simple sentence, the Complex, and the Compound.
+T+.—These classes have been made with regard to the form of the sentence. We will now arrange sentences in classes with regard to their meaning.
Mary sings. Does Mary sing? Sing, Mary. How Mary sings! Here are four simple sentences. Do they all mean the same thing?
+P+.—They do not.
+T+.—Well, you see they differ. Let me tell you wherein. The first one tells a fact, the second asks a question, the third expresses a command, and the fourth expresses sudden thought or strong feeling. We call the first a +Declarative sentence+, the second an +Interrogative sentence+, the third an +Imperative sentence+, and the fourth an +Exclamatory sentence+.
+DEFINITION.—A Declarative Sentence is one that is used to affirm or to deny+.
+DEFINITION.—An Interrogative Sentence is one that expresses a question+.
+DEFINITION.—An Imperative Sentence is one that expresses a command or an entreaty+.
+DEFINITION.—An Exclamatory Sentence is one that expresses sudden thought or strong feeling+.
+INTERROGATION POINT—RULE.—Every direct interrogative sentence should be followed by an interrogation point+. [Footnote: To The Teacher.—See Notes, pp. 178, 179.]