Sentence Patterns

Vocabulary:
S = subject
V = verb
P = prepositional phrase
M = modify
DO = direct object
IO = indirect object
IC = independent clause: complete idea (s+v)
DC = dependent clause: incomplete idea (v)
; = semi-colon
: = colon
, = comma
CC = coordinating conjuction (fanboys)
CA = conjuctive adverb: morover, then, thus, hence, however, therefore... (one syllable: no comma afterwards)
" " = quotation marks
- = hyphen
— = dash

A background: the sentence
sentence: complete idea (s+v). simple or complex (2 ICs)
ex. CSL (s) has 3200 talented (m) students, which are really interesting (dc).
phrase: incomplete idea (no v)
clause: independent or dependent

Pattern 1:
IC; IC

ex. Hard work is only one dire of the equation; talent is the other.

Some people dream of being something; others stay awake and are.

Most of us choose our fate; some let others decide.

The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" claimed he was sane; the police thought otherwise.

Pattern 1A:
IC; CA, IC

ex. The story was not very interesting; therefore, it is not worth reading.

Edgar Allan Poe had a very unusual ; thus wrote many bizarre stories.

The princess was very cunning and manipulative; consequentely, she was able to discover the secret of the two doors.

Pattern 1B:
IC; IC, CC

ex. The old man had always been nice to me; however, his glass eye bothered me, and this is why I had to get rid of him.

The princess was very cunning and manipulative, consequentely, she was able to discover the secret of the two doors, and she used it to decide the lover's fate.

Frank Stockton started out as a woodcarver; he later became a writer, for it was something that he loved.

Pattern 2:
IC: IC
General statement : specific statement

ex. Darwin's Origin of Species forcibly states a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.

The empty coffin in the middle of crypt had a single horrifying meaning: Dracula had awakened to search for fresh blood.

The princess had the fate of her lover in her hands: he could live or he could die.

Wilde expresses a universal sentiment: love is more powerful than logic.

Pattern 3:
a series, A,B,C;