Sentences+Nov.+4+or+5

- (independent clause : (independent clause)
 * COMPOUND SENTENCE WITH EXPLANATORY STATEMENT** (clauses separated by a colon)
 * General statement (idea) : specific statement (example).

Many of you use this sentence construction naturally. Some of you work at it, but don't know the rules. Although this sentence construction is a compound, it is very different in content, as the colon implies. The colon performs a special function: It signals the reader that something important or explanatory will follow (as this very sentence illustrates). In this pattern, the colon signals that the second clause will specifically explain or expand some idea expressed only vaguely in the first clause.
 * Explanation**

The first statement sill contain a word or an idea that needs explaining; the second statement will give some specific information or example about the idea.

Use it when you want the second part of the sentence to explain the first part, give an example, or provide an answer to an implied question.
 * When to use this pattern**

- - Examples from //The Art of Styling Sentences// by Ann Longknife and K.D. Sullivan
 * Examples**
 * Darwin's //The Origin of Species// forcibly states a harsh truth: Only the fittest survive.
 * Remember Yogi Berra's advice: It ain't over till it's over.
 * "The murmuring water, the morning fresh garden unheated yet by the lemon sun, the flight of a white-browed blackbird: all helped to make unreal the tableau of the man kneeling by the sundial." -- Reginald Hill, Ruling Passion
 * Old cars and young children have several things in common: Both are a responsibility and have to be fed often or they break down," Claudia Glenn Downing, Lear's, November 1992

[|Leo on Colons] [|eHow on Colons](with a punctuation and capitalization tip)
 * Additional Sources on Colons**

Exercise Write a short 4-5 sentence paragraph concerning your reading about Frankenstein. Include a colon.