Sentence patterns

Sentence patterns 2

Independent Clause + colon + Explanation (specific)

Ex: 1

Bernard Shan told a writer: “There are three things I disliked about your story: they are the beginning, the middle and the end.”

Ex: 2

There is one key rule in my life: always be well dressed at work.

Ex: 3

Charles Darwin’s The origin of the species stated a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.

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Using figurative language

Simile: direct comparaison between two unlike things using a word like "like" and "as"

Metaphor: comparaison between two unlike things not using a word like "like" and "as"

Type 1: A=B, "the sky is a blue tapestry"
Type 2: 1) Verbs: "The goalie was skyrocketed to fame and now he's crashed"
2) Nouns: "In playing the Bruins, the habs are hitting a stonewall"
3) Adjective: "Koivu used to have cat-like moves"

Analogy: Extended metaphor or simile

"The Grande Bibliothèque might hold the key to your future; it unlocks many doors to knowledge; it opens the way to numerous oportunities."

"The human brain resembles a computer; it has incredible memory, both short term and long term; it updates everything"

Allusion: Refers to a literary work, place, event, myth, film

"His Achile's heal was his lack of personality"
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore"
"She played Barbie to his Ken"

Personification: Giving human qualities to something inanimate or animal

"Dogs say cats love too much"
"Sun flowers nodded yes in the aternoon sun"
"The Canadian Rockies caulted into the sky"

Hyperbole / Understatement (opposite): Huge exageration

"There were thousands of people at his party last week"