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PATTERN 8: DEPENDENT CLAUSES IN A PAIR OR IN A SERIES (at beginnings or
end)
MODEL: If..., if..., if..., then S V .
When..., when..., when..., S V .
S V that ..., that..., that... .
(omit the third clause and have just two, if you wish)
EXAMPLE: Since he had little imagination and since he displayed even less talent, he
wasn't hired for the job.
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PATTERN 9: REPETITION OF A KEY TERM
MODEL: S V key term or repeated term. (use dash or comma before repetition)
EXAMPLE: We all inhabit a mysterious world-the inner world, the world of the mind.
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PATTERN 9a: A VARIATION: SAME WORD REPEATED IN PARALLEL
STRUCTURE
MODEL: S V repeated key word in same position of the sentence.
EXAMPLE: You must find other ambitions, other goals, if your first ones are unrealistic.
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PATTERN 10: EMPHATIC APPOSITIVE AT END, AFTER A COLON
S V word:
the appositive (the second naming)
(with or without modifiers)
EXAMPLE: Atop the back of the lobster is a collection of trash: tiny starfish, moss, sea
conchs, crabs, pieces of kelp.
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PATTERN 10a: A VARIATION: APPOSITIVE
(single or pair or series) AFTER A DASH
S V word - the appositive
(echoed idea or second naming
EXAMPLE: Many traditional philosophies echo the ideas of one man - Plato.
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