當你在讀一篇很枯燥的文章的時候，你的心思一定很難放在文章上

但我們自己寫文章的時候，常常無法察覺自己在寫的文章其實也是蠻枯燥的 (包括我現在在寫的嗎？)

 

雖然我們無法確定文章的「內容」一定能吸引讀者眼球，

但是至少我們可以靠改變句子結構與長度來製造變化性，讓讀者讀起來比較愉悅一些些

 

讓我們來看一下以下兩段範例文章：

A 的風格（ Monotonous style）
Ludwig van Beethoven overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness. He was a major composer of the nineteenth century. He was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1790 and first studied music with the court organist, Gilles van der Eeden. His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking. His mother died when Beethoven wa young man, and he was named guardian of his two younger brothers. He was appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a sur-prisingly early age in 1982 He also played harpsichord and viola. He was sent to Vienna in 1792 by his patron, Count Ferdinand Id Waldstein, to study music under Haydn. Beethoven remained unmarried. He was troubled, by financial worries throughout his adult life. His payments from publishers were irregular, and his patrons were erratic in supporting him. He was also continually plagued by ill health. An ear infection led to his tragic deafness In 1819. His writing of musle continued, however, in spite of this handicap. He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth: three piano sonatas, four string quartet, the Missa Solemnis, and the 9th Symphony. He died in 1827. During his life he was passionately dedicated to independence. He often flew Into fits of rage. Goethe once said of him: "I am astonished by his talent but he is unfortunate tely an altogether untamed personality. "His personality may have been untamed, but his music shows great discipline and control, and that is how we remember him best.

 

B 的風格（Varied style）
Ludwig van Beethoven, a major composer of the nineteenth century overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness. Born in Bonn, Germany, in 1990, he first studied musie with the court organist, Gilles van der Eeden. His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking. When his mother died, Beethoven, then a young man, was named guardian of his two younger brothers. Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a suprisingly early age in 1782, Beethoven also played harpsichord and viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, to study music under Haydn. Beethoven remained unmarried. Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons, he was troubled by financial worries throughout, his adult ife. Continually plagued by ill health, he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819. In spite of this handicap, however, he continued to write music. He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth: three piano sonatas, four string quartets, the Missa Solemnis, and the 9th Symphony. He died in 1827. His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence. Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage, Goethe once said of him, "I am astonished by his talent, but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality. " Although Beethoven's personality may have been untamed, his music shows great discipline and control, and this is how we remember him best.

 

仔細讀完上下兩種風格的文章，你覺得哪一個寫得比較好呢？

 

若要來解析一下的話，我們會發現 B 風格明顯變化比較大，例如在句子的開始，B 文中有使用的技巧包括：

 

1. 以介系詞片語開始 (By introductory prepositional phrases)

例如： In 1972...... 或是 In spite of ......

 

2. 以分詞片語開始 (By introductory participial phrases)

例如： Appointed deputy court organist.... 或是 Continually. plagued by ill health.....

 

3. 以副詞子句開始 (By introductory adverb clauses)

例如： When his mother died...  或是 Although Beethoven's personality may have been untamed....

 

除了句子的開始方式變化較多之外，如果仔細分析兩段文章可以得到下面的表格