Roberts takes a playful jab at her character's former profession-a police officer-with this pun.
My example: He preached at her lack of organization in her business affairs. (about a former reverend)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sentence 7
"He wanted to hit something, someone, pound his fists into flesh."- from Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts
The words and phrase offset by commas show the character's chaotic thoughts in his rage.
My example: She wanted to cry, yell, eat too much chocolate.
Sentence 6
"She looked like a successful matron on her way out for lunch at her favorite club. But her eyes, as vivid a blue as his own, were filled with concern." -from Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts
Roberts uses a conjunction to begin her next sentence to show a contradiction to cool, aloof exterior of the grandmother.
My example: The teenager had an impeccable resume- flawless GPA, full extracurricular schedule. But he just asked if Thailand was in China.
Sentence 5
"How well the man reasoned; lunatics always do within their own scope." from Dracula by Bram Stoker
Stoker uses a clause to separate the opposing-lunacy and reason- showing they both exist in the same being.
My example: How well she organized; the air head was surprising in the way.
Sentence 4
"Well, he looked so good-humored and jolly that it didn't seem half so hard to refuse him as it did Dr. Seward, so I said, as lightly as I could, that I did not know anything of hitching, and that I wasn't broken to harness at all yet." from Dracula by Bram Stoker
Stoker inserts a dependent clause into the speech of Lucy Wisternia. She is denying an American proposing to her. He often speaks in exaggerated cowboy slang to entertain her. This is a pun denying him marriage and poking fun of a horse handler.
My example: I told him I wasn't blessed with the ability to write to myself into any sort of commitment just yet. (a woman denying an author)
Sentence 3
"Magic is." -from Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
Roberts uses a simple sentence-a noun and a linking verb without a predicate adjective-because magic is such a huge entity to the Irish people in the novel. There isn't a word that does justice to magic.
My example: Love is.
Sentence 2
"Straight that way it is." -from Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
This sentence is inverted to use Irish dialect in a selection of dialogue from the novel.
My example: Me mum was a warm soul.
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