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View various styles Create sentence using image of choice. The Art of Styling Sentences. Pattern 1 Compound Sentence: semicolon, no conjunction S V; S V Hard work is only one side of the equation ; talent is the other. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Art of Styling Sentences

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Pattern 1Compound Sentence: semicolon, no conjunctionS V; S VHard work is only one side of the equation; talent is the other.

Summer wanders aimlessly on the prairie; it seeks refuse in sultry shadows.

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Pattern 2Compound Sentence with Elliptical constructionS V DO or SC; S, DO or SCA red light means stop; a green light, go.

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Pattern 3Compound Sentence with Explanatory StatementGeneral statement: specific exampleDarwin's Origin of Species forcibly states a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.

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Pattern 4A Series without a ConjunctionA,B,CThe United States has a government of the people, by the people, for the people.

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Pattern 4AA Series with a VariationA or B or CDespite his handicaps, I have never seen Larry angry or cross or depressed.

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Pattern 5A Series with a Balanced PairA and B, C and D, E and F (may be in any slot in the sentence)"God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger." --Heraclitus

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Pattern 6An Introductory series of AppositivesAppositive, appositive, appositive--summary word S VVanity, greed, corruption-- which serves as the novel's source of conflict?

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Pattern 7An Internal Series of Appositives or ModifiersS --appositive, appositive, appositive--VThe necessary qualities for political life--guile, ruthlessness, and garrulity--she learned by carefully studying his father's life.

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Pattern 7AA Variation: a Single Appositive or a PairS --appositive--VA sudden explosion--artillery fire--signaled the beginning of a barrage.

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Pattern 8Dependent Clauses in a Pair or in a SeriesIf..., if..., if..., then S VIf you clothes are made of cotton, if you wash them with soap, if you hang them on the line, you may not need a fabric softener.

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Pattern 9Repetition of a Key TermS V key term, repeated key term"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be [. . .]." Winston Churchill

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Pattern 9AA Variation: Some Word repeated in a Parallel StructureS V repeated key word in same positionHis greatest discoveries, his greatest successes, his greatest influence upon daily life came to Edison only after repeated failure

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Pattern 10Emphatic Appositive at End, after a ColonS V word: appositiveAirport thieves have a common target: unwary travelers.

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Pattern 10AA Variation: Appositive (single or pair or series) after a DashS V word--appositiveAdjusting to a new job requires one quality above--a sense of humor.

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Pattern 11Interrupting Modifier Between S and VS (modifier that whispers) VThe hunter (a common sight in New Hampshire woods during the winter) carried a large caliber rifle.

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Pattern 11AA Full Sentence as Interrupting ModifierS--a full sentence--VJuliet's famous question--"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?"--is often misunderstood.

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Pattern 12Introductory or Concluding ParticiplesParticipial Phrase, S V (or reverse)Laughing at his foolish behavior, she fell backwards in her chair.Despised by most Westerners, the terrorist group acted with impunity.

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Pattern 13A Single Modifier Out of Place for EmphasisModifier, S VTo begin with, some ideas are just plain difficult.

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Pattern 14Prepositional Phrase Before S--VPrepositional Phrase S V (or V S)During the long winter months, Tom toiled as a trapper.

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Pattern 15Object or Complement Before S--VObject or Complement S VHis kind of sarcasm (,)I do not like.

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Pattern 15AComplete Inversion of Normal PatternObject or Complement or modifier V SDown the field and through the tacklers ran the Heisman Trophy winner.

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Pattern 16Paired ConstructionsPaired ConstructionThe more S V, the more S VThe more I saw of his work, the more I knew I didn't want to purchase any.

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Pattern 16AA Paired Construction for Contrast OnlyA "this, not that" or "not this but that" constructionGenius, not stupidity, has limits.

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Pattern 17Dependent Clause as Subject or Object or ComplementS [dependent clause] VWhat a man cannot imagine cannot be created.

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Pattern 18Absolute Construction Anywhere in SentenceAbsolute construction, S VHis early efforts failing, Ted tried a new approach to the calculus problem.The French defeated, the Germans advanced on Paris.

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Pattern 19The Short, Simple Sentence for Relief or Dramatic Effect.S VPerseverance pays.I think not.

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Pattern 19AA Short Question for Dramatic EffectInterrogative word standing aloneQuestion based solely on intonationWhy not?You really care?

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Pattern 20The Deliberate FragmentMerely a part of a sentenceFine.First, the nuts and bolts.

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