| 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 | (119) |
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Now let's make sentences grow |
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6 | (1) |
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Compound sentence: semicolon, no conjunction |
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7 | (7) |
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Compound sentence with elliptical construction |
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14 | (4) |
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Compound sentence with explanatory statement |
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18 | (4) |
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22 | (30) |
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A series without a conjunction |
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23 | (5) |
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A series with a variation |
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28 | (5) |
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A series of balanced pairs |
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33 | (4) |
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An introductory series of appositives |
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37 | (4) |
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An internal series of appositives or modifiers |
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41 | (4) |
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A variation: a single appositive or a pair |
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45 | (3) |
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Dependent clauses in a pair or in a series |
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48 | (4) |
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52 | (19) |
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54 | (4) |
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A variation: same word repeated in parallel structure |
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58 | (4) |
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Emphatic appositive at end, after a colon |
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62 | (5) |
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A variation: appositive (single or pair or series) after a dash |
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67 | (4) |
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71 | (18) |
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Interrupting modifier between S and V |
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72 | (4) |
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A full sentence as interrupting modifier |
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76 | (4) |
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Introductory or concluding participles |
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80 | (5) |
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A single modifier out of place for emphasis |
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85 | (4) |
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89 | (9) |
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Prepositional phrase before S and V |
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90 | (3) |
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Object or complement before S and V |
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93 | (2) |
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Complete inversion of normal pattern |
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95 | (3) |
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An assortment of patterns |
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98 | (27) |
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98 | (5) |
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A paired construction for contrast only |
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103 | (4) |
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Dependent clause (in a ``sentence slot'') as subject or object or complement |
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107 | (4) |
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Absolute construction anywhere in sentence |
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111 | (4) |
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The short, simple sentence for relief or dramatic effect |
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115 | (3) |
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A short question for dramatic effect |
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118 | (3) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (14) |
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Combining the patterns---ten ways |
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126 | (5) |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (2) |
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A sentence with special emphasis: the periodic sentence |
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136 | (3) |
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Figurative Language in Sentences |
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139 | (10) |
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139 | (10) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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Hyperbole and understatement |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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The Twenty Patterns---In Print |
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149 | (13) |
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``Tough Country,'' from C. L. Sonnichsen's Tularosa |
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149 | (7) |
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Excerpt from Arthur Schlesinger's A Thousand Days |
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156 | (4) |
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``Place of Sorrows,'' from On the Road with Charles Kuralt |
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160 | (2) |
| Appendix |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (9) |
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Suggested review questions |
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