1. An introductory series of appositives
The art of styling sentences: Pattern 6

2. Word of the day: Appositive What is an appositive?
Huck’s friend Tom gets all his ideas from reading.
Appositive
Noun
An appositive is an alternative word for something else that is also mentioned in the same sentence.
It is kind of like repeating yourself, but using a different word to do so.

3. What does this sentence mean?
an introductory series of appositives (parallel in structure and related in meaning) with a dash and a summarizing subject
Series
We covered this in patterns 4 and 5
Appositives
Alternatives to a noun
Dash
The “-” thing
Summarizing subject
This is the noun that the appositives have “reworded”
It is what links all of the appositives in the sequence
Without this, the series wouldn’t really be appositives

4. What does this look like?
Maths, Science, Geography – classes that made life hell.
Summary word
Appositives
Notice that “classes” is a summary of the three different appositives
“Maths” “Science” and “English” are all different ways of stating which class; this makes them appositives

5. Now try writing three of your own
Pattern 6 examples
Istanbul, Budapest, Bucharest – best holiday ever!
Ant Man, Iron Man 3, Green Lantern – Marvel movies that should not have been made
Maltesers, Pods, Vanilla Coke – food that makes studying bearable
Now try writing three of your own