Three sentences walked into NAME OF RESTAURANT.
They looked about and decided to sit in a spacious booth.
The first of the three sentences was quite a large fellow, given to stating the obvious. The second sentence was oddly dressed. She wore an imperial crown like a king or queen. She walked ADVERB with an imperious, royal manner. The third sentence was dressed in gold. She appeared to be highly excitable, even a bit jumpy.
The three companions sat and carefully examined the menu. Just then the waiter appeared, wearing a uniform completely festooned with question marks. Looking closely at the three of them, the waiter asked, "What would you like?"
The three of them kept looking at each other or at the menu.
Once again, the waiter asked ADVERB, "What can I get for you?"
The first sentence, the largest one, finally spoke. "You are full of questions," he said. "It is not necessary to interrogate us." He then went on to declare, "The MENU ITEM looks good." With that he smiled and looked around. He usually did that, simply stating some kind of information.
When the waiter still looked ADVERB at them, the second sentence, the one with the ADJECTIVE crown, commanded, "Bring me the MENU ITEM. She always spoke that way, making orders or commands--it went with her crown and her way of acting like royalty.
When the waiter finally brought their orders, the third sentence was the first to taste the food. "Wow! This MENU ITEM is ADJECTIVE!" the somewhat jittery sentence exclaimed.
"Is everything okay?" asked the inquisitive waiter.
Each of these four sentences acted in character, always the same way.
The waiter was full of questions, always asking, inquiring. He is called the interrogative sentence. Interrogative comes from a word that means "to question." The interrogative waiter is always full of questions.
The sentence that declared, "The MENU ITEM looks ADJECTIVE," is a declarative sentence. He is large because he represents so many sentences--most sentences are declarative. He just gives information, whether true or false.
That haughty sentence dressed in a royal crown likes to give commands. When she ordered the waiter, "Bring me the MENU ITEM," that was a command, an imperial command. She is called the imperative sentence. Imperative means imperial like a royal emperor. The imperative sentence is always commanding.
The third sentence waited until she was served. Then upon tasting her food, she exclaimed, "Wow! This is a(n) ADJECTIVE MENU ITEM !" She always speaks with excitement. She's the exclamatory sentence. She always dresses in gold like the interjection, her close associate. The exclamatory sentence is always exclaiming in excited terms.
After dinner, the three sentences got up to leave.
"We are leaving now," said the ADJECTIVE sentence.
"You go first," commanded the ADJECTIVE sentence.
"How slow you walk!" cried the ADJECTIVE sentence.
With that the three companions left NAME OF RESTAURANT, heading for home.
The waiter stared into the night as the three sauntered away. "Who were they?" he wondered.
