| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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| Suggestions for the Instructor |
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| Sentence combining |
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| Suggestions for teaching Chapter 1 |
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| Suggestions for teaching Chapter 2-the patterns |
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| Suggestions for the Student |
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| How to get the most from this book |
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| Marginalia: to encourage deliberate craftsmanship |
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| A paragraph analyzing a simile in poetry |
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| A paragraph defining a term |
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What exactly is a sentence? |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (105) |
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Now let's make sentences grow |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (13) |
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Pattern 1: Compound sentence: semicolon, no conjunction |
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7 | (5) |
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Pattern 2: Compound sentence with elliptical construction |
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12 | (3) |
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Pattern 3: Compound sentence with explanatory statement |
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15 | (4) |
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19 | (26) |
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Pattern 4: A series without a conjunction |
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20 | (4) |
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Pattern 4a: A series with a variation |
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24 | (4) |
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Pattern 5: A series of balanced pairs |
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28 | (3) |
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Pattern 6: An introductory series of appositives |
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31 | (4) |
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Pattern 7: An internal series of appositives or modifiers |
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35 | (3) |
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Pattern 7a: A variation: a single appositive or a pair |
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38 | (3) |
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Pattern 8: Dependent Clauses in a pair or in a series |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (17) |
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Pattern 9: Repetition of a key term |
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47 | (4) |
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Pattern 9a: A variation: same word repeated in parallel structure |
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51 | (3) |
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Pattern 10: Emphatic appositive at end, after a colon |
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54 | (4) |
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Pattern 10a: A variation: appositive after a dash |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (17) |
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Pattern 11: Interrupting modifier between S and V |
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63 | (4) |
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Pattern 11a: A full sentence as interrupting modifier |
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67 | (4) |
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Pattern 12: Introductory or concluding participles |
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71 | (5) |
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Pattern 13: A Single modifier Out of place for emphasis |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (9) |
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Pattern 14: Prepositional phrase before S and V |
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80 | (3) |
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Pattern 15: Object or complement before S and V |
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83 | (2) |
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Pattern 15a: Complete inversion of normal pattern |
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85 | (3) |
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An assortment of patterns |
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88 | (23) |
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Pattern 16: Paired constructions |
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88 | (5) |
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Pattern 16a: A paired construction for contrast only |
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93 | (4) |
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Pattern 17: Dependent clause as subject or object or complement |
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97 | (3) |
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Pattern 18: Absolute construction anywhere in sentence |
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100 | (3) |
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Pattern 19: The short, simple sentence for relief or dramatic effect |
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103 | (2) |
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Pattern 19a: A short question for dramatic effect |
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105 | (3) |
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Pattern 20: The deliberate fragment |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (13) |
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111 | (1) |
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Combining the patterns-ten ways |
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112 | (5) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (3) |
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A sentence with special emphasis: the periodic sentence |
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122 | (2) |
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Figurative Language in Sentences |
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124 | (8) |
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124 | (7) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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Hyperbole and understatement |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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The Twenty Patterns-In Print |
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132 | (13) |
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``Tough Country,'' from C. L. Sonnichsen's Tularosa |
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132 | (7) |
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Excerpt from Arthur Schlesinger's A Thousand Days |
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139 | (4) |
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``Place of Sorrows,'' from On the Road with Charles Kuralt |
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143 | (2) |
| Appendix |
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145 | (12) |
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145 | (8) |
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Suggested review questions |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (1) |
| Index |
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