The seven years’ difference in our ages lay between us like a chasm: I wondered if these years would ever operate between us as a bridge.

Question

— James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”
Write two independent clauses; join the two with a colon, giving emphasis to the independent clause which follows the colon. Use Baldwin’s sentence as a model. Share your sentence with your group.

Answer 1

The storm raged outside: it felt as if the world was coming to an end.