STYLE TOOLS

  • Colon   * Complete thought before, formal, 

  • Dashes   * Short, informal, does not need complete sentence before, one -

  • Syllables

  • Sentence length

  • Figurative language

  • Semicolons

  • Parenthesis

  • Compound/complex sentences

  • Parallelism 

  • Anaphora

  • Epistrophe 

  • Using threes

  • Antithesis

  • Balanced sentence

  • Loose sentence

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Examples:

 1. 3 sentences repeating word of phrase

         1. Respectfully, respect is earned not given. In other words, to get respect is to give respect. The best way for others to respect you is for you to first respect yourself.   2. Alliteration

         1. Learn to lead others. Make money moves. Betty bet that barney couldn’t buy baked bread.   3. Colon

         1. Has to have a complete thought in front of it      2. Used to introduce a list To clarify your  thoughts 

               1. If you need the quality of anything: to care.         2. The rainbow color list is straightforward: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.         3. There are an infinite amount of numbers but there one matter more than the rest: the number 1  4. Dashes

         1. There is only 1 thing that keeps me going -- books     2. She ran into the house-- the door was open-- and slammed it shut. 

               1. Interrupting information.  5. Parentheses

         1. Honesty (the quality of being truthful) is the best policy.     2. Executions (with a few exceptions) are immoral and should not occur.   6. Parallelism

         1. Intentional repetition of a word ending, a single word, a phrase, or a clause

               1. ing:phrases

                     1. The grass is growing. My hair is flowing.           2. Losing internet, gaining internet, both lead to chase with our schooling        2. To:phrases

                     1. I want to run, to jump, and to sprint to the finish line        3. Of:phrases

                     1. The garden is full of flowers, of plants, and of weeds  7. Anaphora

         1. Repetition of a single or or phrase at the beginning of clauses or sentences

               1. We learned how to function without technology, we learned how to sleep, and we learned how to be bored.  8. Epistrophe 

         1. Repetition of a single word or phrase at the end of clauses or sentences 

               1. She is nice, he is nice, everyone is nice.        2. We have fruit at the store. We have chips at the store. We have cheese at the store  9. Using threes

         1. Repeating an idea or example in groupings of 3

               1. Larry, more, curly        2. Red, white, blue        3. Sugar, spice, everything nice

  1. Antithesis 

         1. Combines contrary thoughts, usually parallel form 

               1. Repetition at the end

               2. A winner listens; a loser waits until it’s his turn to talk        3. Demonstrating the feeling of love is contradictory towards suppressing hate.

  1. Balanced sentence 

         1. Contains two complete thoughts, each with the same number of words 

               1. I go up; she does down        2. The moon symbolizes yin; the sun symbolizes yang        3. I like cats;Cats like food.

  1. Loose sentence

         1. Structured with the main thought first, followed by description or explanation

               1. Antarctica is cold because of the snow        2. German Shepherds are good police dogs as they are loyal, obedient, and skilled. 

  1. Periodic sentence

         1. Structured so that description or explanation comes first followed by the main thoughts last

               1. Because of the snow, Antarctica is cold        2. Because they are loyal, obedient, and skilled German Shepherds are good police dogs.

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