You are...honorable people...from distinguished and reputable families and...proud linage.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A compound sentence that sets apart the more important words by ellipsis to draw more attention to them.
I have...best friends...in high and low places and...wouldn't change that.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sentence 11
It was set, then. Three o'clock.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A simple sentence ending with a transition set apart by a comma followed by an individual sentence that describes when.
The day will come, finally. Tomorrow.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A simple sentence ending with a transition set apart by a comma followed by an individual sentence that describes when.
The day will come, finally. Tomorrow.
Sentence 10
Lost her to a fate most Afgans considered far worse than death: She ran off with a clan of traveling singers and dancers.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Starting with a verb, the first incomplete thought is set apart from the complete thought, that supports the imcomplete one, by a colon.
Played with the children a little too hard: Reptar stepped on and killed them.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Starting with a verb, the first incomplete thought is set apart from the complete thought, that supports the imcomplete one, by a colon.
Played with the children a little too hard: Reptar stepped on and killed them.
Sentence 9
Then, mercifully, darkness.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A transition followed be a descriptive word set apart by commas, followed by a noun.
At last, successfully, happyness.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A transition followed be a descriptive word set apart by commas, followed by a noun.
At last, successfully, happyness.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sentence 8
I was 18 at the time...rebellious...stupid, and he was into drugs...
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A complete thought followed by descriptors of the noun set apart by ellipsis followed by a conjuction set apart by ellipisis to complete another thought.
He was taken at the time...flawless...beautiful, and...I was in love...
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A complete thought followed by descriptors of the noun set apart by ellipsis followed by a conjuction set apart by ellipisis to complete another thought.
He was taken at the time...flawless...beautiful, and...I was in love...
Friday, October 9, 2009
Sentence 7
Earlier that morning, when I was certain no one was looking, I did something I had done 26 years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A phrase followed by two incomplete thought with lots of parallelism of prepositional phrases set apart by a colon.
Later that day, when they thought no one was around, I saw something I'd never seen before: I saw a group of people in the middle of a drug deal.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A phrase followed by two incomplete thought with lots of parallelism of prepositional phrases set apart by a colon.
Later that day, when they thought no one was around, I saw something I'd never seen before: I saw a group of people in the middle of a drug deal.
Sentence 6
My heart shattered at the thought of her. Soraya Taheri. My swamp princess.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A simple sentence, followed by an incomplete sentence with just a name describing the pronoun before, followed by a sentence describing the person.
My fists cringe at the thought of her. Bobbina Lucifer. My worst enemy.
From Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A simple sentence, followed by an incomplete sentence with just a name describing the pronoun before, followed by a sentence describing the person.
My fists cringe at the thought of her. Bobbina Lucifer. My worst enemy.
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