*Strategy: Think of a colon as a shorthand symbol for “and here it is” or “more specifically.”
Ways with Words: Language, Life, and Work in Communities and Classrooms
Many people attended the anniversary dinner: officers, donors, community leaders, journalists. [list]
She only wanted one thing: to become rich and famous. [phrase]
There was only one thing left to do: They would have to walk to the nearest gas station. [a second sentence]