(1) Features:

Sentences with many words, many additional components and complicated structure are called long sentences, and vice versa.

The function of long sentences: rigorous in meaning, rich in content, accurate and meticulous. Long sentences are generally used in written language.

The function of short sentences: flexible, concise, vivid and with strong sense of rhythm.

(2) conversion method:

Principle:

First, we should examine the meaning of the problem;

Second, we must keep all the information, and the content cannot be omitted;

The third is not to change the original intention.

Fourth, the word order can be adjusted, and some words can be added or deleted. Be careful not to have language barriers.

(A) Long sentences become short sentences

A solution to the problem

Step 1: "Extract the trunk". That is, extract the basic structure from long sentences and make them into sentences alone.

Step 2: Stripping the modifier and the restrictive elements to make a separate sentence. The principle of stripping is: from large to small, first look at how many layers of modifiers and restrictions there are, and then find the verb predicate and its corresponding subject of each layer, thus forming an independent single sentence. If the subject is omitted, reference can be used to form a reference relationship.

Step 3: Integrate information, adjust sentence order and express it reasonably. That is, arrange the expression order of each content point reasonably to make the language coherent and smooth. At this time, in order to express needs, necessary related words or demonstrative pronouns such as "so", "he" and "it" can be appropriately added, and colons can be flexibly used to connect the following paragraphs. .

"Adjusting the sentence order" generally follows the following principles: if the modifiers are changed from coordinate phrases to coordinate short sentences, they can be arranged in the order of the original long sentences because there is no order; If there is a temporal or logical relationship between the changed short sentences, then the relationship between the short sentences should be adjusted according to the chronological, spatial order or logical order.

For example, The Journey to the West is a classical novel written by Wu Cheng'en, a writer of Ming Dynasty, after processing and integrating folk literature. The story is tortuous and the characters are vivid, which is very popular among readers, especially teenagers.