Friday, September 26, 2008

Sentence Pattern 4 and 5

Sentence Pattern 4: A series of balanced pairs

Ex.: ''God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.'' Heraclitus

'' Micheal Clayton'' is a story of money and power, passion and obsession, love and hate. ''

Sentence Pattenr 5: Introductory series of appositives, with dash – and summarizing subject (Each, all, these, what.)

Ex.: The Monalisa, Michealangelo's David, the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel – such are the wonders of renaissance.

Combination of both pattern

This morning, I had for breakfast toast and jam, eggs and ham, fruits and coffee—each element composes a healthy breakfast.

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