Sentence++Patterns

SENTENCE PATTERNS

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**__Sentence Patterns __**


 * Sample Patterns: ** Simple Compound Complex

 S V  Ben ran.
 * Variations: **
 * Pattern 1: ** Simple subject/verb.

 S C S V  Ben and Sue ran.
 * Pattern 2: ** Subjects joined by conjunction.

 S V C V  Ben ran and jumped.
 * Pattern 3: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Verbs joined by conjunction

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> S C S V C V <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ben and Sue ran and jumped.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 4: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Subjects/Verbs joined by conjunctions.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> S V, C S V <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ben ran, and Sue jumped.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 5: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Two sentences joined by a conjunction.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> If Ben calls, then Sue will come.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 6: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Dependent clause at the beginning or end of a sentence. DC, then S V.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> S V DC <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ben will come when Sue calls.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 7: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Dependent clause in a pair or series at the beginning or end of a sentence.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> DC DC, S  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Whether one needs fantasy or whether one needs stark realism, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">S V  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">the theater can become a Mecca. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> S V  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The theater can become a Mecca, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">DC DC  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">whether one needs fantasy or whether needs stark realism. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Part, S V <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Having mastered writing techniques, teachers may teach better.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 8: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Participial phrase, Subject Verb

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> PP, S V <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> In all the forest, no creature stirred.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 9: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Prepositional Phrase, Subject Verb

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> S V DO or DC; S, DO or DC <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> A red light means stop; a green light, go.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 10: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Compound sentence with elliptical construction.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (Clause separated by a colon.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 11: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Compound sentence with explanatory statement.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> S V : S V <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> General Statement (idea) Specific Statement (example) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Darwin’s //Origins of Species// forcibly states a harsh truth: only the fittest survive. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (with a dash and summarizing word)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 12: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> An introductory series of appositives

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> appositive, appositive, appositive – summary word V S.  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">To struggle, to exist, and so to create his own soul – this is a man’s great task. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">modifier, modifier, modifier <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">(may be enclosed in a pair of dashes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pattern 13: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> appositive, appositive, appositive

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">All scholarly disciplines and especially all the sciences – physical, biological, social – share the burden of searching for truth. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">***Patterns 6-13 can all also follow Pattern 5.*** ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Compound combinations are grammatically correct and encouraged. ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Patterns 6-13 excerpted from: Waddell, Esch, and Walker. //The Art of Styling Sentences//, 2nd ed. Barron’s Educational Series, 1983.