The Art of Styling Sentences

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The Art of Styling Sentences

Chapter 1: The Twenty Patterns Pattern 1: Compound Sentence with semicolon and no conjunction Two short, related sentences joined. S_________V; S________V

Pattern 1 This pattern helps you join two short, simple sentences having two closely related ideas. Problems? The fused or run-on sentence(which has no punctuation between the sentences. Ex: I texted him yesterday but he didn’t answer The comma splice (using a comma instead of the correct punctuation.

Pattern 1: When to Use it When you have talked about similar ideas in several sentences When you combine them you will have a single, more powerful sentence Examples: Gloria, try on these jeans; they seem to be your size. Some people dream of being something; others stay awake and are

Pattern 1 Practice Complete each sentence with an independent clause: The weekend was especially fun; ___________________________________. After they won the game, the tennis team went home; ____________________________. The large blue whale came very close to the boat; ______________________________.