: Re: Beginning an article/essay with a one word sentence, cliché? I am currently starting a college essay off with "Google-esque. Google-esque is...." Is it appropriate to use a sentence that only

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A one-word sentence in the beginning of an essay isn't cliche. I think you'd be in a different ballpark if we were talking about a one-word sentence beginning a piece of creative writing. But as far as using the one-word sentence at all, I think it depends on your audience.
If you're writing this essay for an English class, my suggestion is... don't do this. Your audience is an English teacher (and some related major TAs, probably). A one word sentence in a college essay for a teacher you don't know (or TA's who you don't know) would seem sloppy, especially if it's the first thing they read after the title. It's worse if your title is the same thing as the sentence, as in:

Google-esque
Google-esque. Google-esque is...

If you know your teacher and your teacher's flexible about this stuff, I'd still advise against it. Your first and second lines can be consolidated into one sentence, unless you're trying to make some sort of point with the first line. If you are, I would isolate what that point is and then try to flesh it out more. For example, if by just stating "google-esque" you want the reader to think "what a weird word, what does it mean?" I'd ay it's better to say exactly that. Unless your title already explains it. Example:

Google-esque: The Art of Mimicking Google
What is Google-esque? Google-esque is the art of mimicking Google.**

In that case, you would want to clarify the second sentence more.
But say you were writing this essay for a different kind of class, maybe you could get away with something like this. I just don't know what class it would be. I don't think this works in a technical paper or anything like that. Your audience is still a "professional" (or again, TAs) and this sentence structure isn't... abnormal, but it's not all that normal either. And if it's a weak structure, it makes the overall reading a little weaker.
If you really want to use the one-word sentence, I'd suggest not saying Google-esque in the beginning of both of the sentences. The repetition is sort of off-putting. "Google-esque. Google-esque is..." has the same word, rapid fire twice in a row. If your title is also "Google-esque" that's three times. It sounds... monotonous. If you change the second sentence's structure, maybe you could get away with your first line being a one-word sentence.

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