8 - Repetition of a key term using a dash -- or comma (using a phrase)
1. Ex. We all inhabit a mysterious world -- the inner world, the world of the mind.
2. Ex. In "The lottery" Jackson mocks community worship of outdated customs, customs that have no meaning, customs that are uncivilized.
3. Ex. The cuban hurricane was devasting -- devasting for the people, devastating for their land.
9 - Emphatic appositive at thend after a colon :
1 Ex. Metro thieves have a common target : the wallets or purses of old people.
2 Ex. The country elected .... as PM: Stephan Harper
3. Ex. Children only want one thing for Halloween: candy.
4. Ex. I love to eat desserts: Cheesecake, particularly after diner.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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