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    The document discusses various sentence patterns that involve repetition as a technique for emphasis, including repeating a key term, repeating a word with variation, using emphatic appositives after a colon, and making comparisons. It provides examples and tips for how to effectively employ repetitions in writing through repeating words, phrases, parts of speech, and structures to add cohesion and emphasis.

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    Sentence Patterns 9-10

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    The document discusses various sentence patterns that involve repetition as a technique for emphasis, including repeating a key term, repeating a word with variation, using emphatic appositives after a colon, and making comparisons. It provides examples and tips for how to effectively employ repetitions in writing through repeating words, phrases, parts of speech, and structures to add cohesion and emphasis.

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    Sentence Patterns

    Repetitions
    Patterns 9, 9A, 10, 10A
    Repetition of a Key Term
    • S V Key term or repeated key
    term
    – Use dash or comma before repetition

    Examples
    She suddenly felt filled with joy – a joy
    she could not explain but that she fully
    embraced.
    He was a part of the older generation, a
    generation born before the Depression.
    Pattern 9 Tips
    • You may repeat the word exactly or
    use another form (brute/brutal;
    battle/battling)
    • The key term is a word important
    enough to be repeated
    Repetition With a
    Variation
    • S V repeated key word in same
    position of the sentence
    -same word repeated in parallel
    structure

    Example
    Venice presents great gifts to the
    visitor – great history, great art,
    great crafts.
    Ways to Use Repetitions
    • Repeat an effective adjective or
    adverb in phrases or clauses with
    parallel construction
    – She has an incredibly satisfying life,
    satisfying because of her career and
    satisfying because of her family.
    • Repeat the same preposition in a
    series
    – He has known her for many years,
    before she went to college, before she
    was a star, before she won the Oscar.
    …continued…
    • Repeat the same noun as the object of
    different prepositions
    – This government is of the people, by the
    people, and for the people.
    • Repeat the same modifying word in
    phrases that begin with different
    prepositions.
    – Sidney devoted his life to those selfish people,
    for their selfish cause, but clearly with his own
    selfish motives dominating his every action.
    …continued…
    • Repeat the same intensifiers
    – The baseball game was very exciting,
    very enjoyable, but very long.
    • Repeat the same verb or alternative
    forms of the same word
    – In order to survive in war, a person
    needs training, a person needs courage,
    and, most of all, a person needs luck.
    Emphatic Appositive at End,
    After a Colon
    • S V word; the appositive (the
    second naming). (with or without
    modifiers)

    • Example
    Her room contained a collection of trash:
    old clothes, soda cans, McDonald’s
    wrappers.
    Appositive Variation
    • S V word - the appositive.
    – After the dash, the appositive is the
    echoed idea or second naming and can be
    single or a pair of series.
    Example
    Those big burger taste great but
    have lots if calories – over 1,000.
    Ways to Use Appositives
    • Use a dash rather than a colon
    before a short, emphatic appositive
    at the end of a sentence
    • The second naming must be a true
    appositive
    • A dash cannot separate two complete
    thoughts
    Examples of Varied
    Appositives
    1. Adjusting to a new job requires one
    quality, humor.
    2. Adjusting to a new situation requires one
    quality: humor.
    3. Adjusting to a new job requires one quality
    above all others – a sense of humor.
    4. Adjusting to a new job requires one
    quality: the ability to laugh at oneself.
    Comparisons
    • Pattern 3 – compound sentence with
    explanatory statement
    Example
    Remember Yogi Berra’s advice: It ain’t over till
    it’s over.
    • Pattern 10 – emphatic appositive at end
    after colon
    Example
    When I go to the movie, I need two things to
    really enjoy it: popcorn and a soda.

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