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Sytax
Structure of sentences
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Syntax | The arrangement - ordering, grouping, and placement - of words within a sentence. The study of the way the sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences, |
| Declarative Sentence | Makes a statement |
| Imperative Sentence | Gives a command. |
| Interrogative Sentence | Asks a question. |
| Exclamatory Sentence | Provides emphasis or expresses strong emotion. |
| Simple Sentence | Contains one independent clause. |
| Compound Sentence | Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordination conjunction or by a semicolon. |
| Complex Sentence | Contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. |
| Compound-Complex Sentence | Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. |
| Loose or Cumulative Sentence | Has its main clause at the beginning of the sentence. Main clause + dependant construction = loose sentence. |
| Periodic Sentence | Organized into at least two parts and expresses a complex thought not brought to completion until the close. |
| Convoluted Sentence | A special kind of periodic sentence where the dependant elements, instead of preceding the main clause, split apart from the inside. |
| Balanced Sentence | Two or more words or constructions have essentially the same form and length and have similar functions. |
| Parallelism | Two or mare words, phrases, or clauses have the same grammatical form and identical grammatical relationship to the same thing. |
| Inverted Word Order | Rearranging the main elements of a sentence in some order other than subject-verb-object, which is often called Natural World Order. Inversions almost always draw attention and is used for emphasis. |
| Juxtaposition | A poetic and a rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are places next to one another, often creating an effect of surprise or wit, |
| Rhetorical Question | A question that requires no answer. It is used to draw attention to a point and is generally stronger then a direct statement. |
| Repetition | A device where words. sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis. |
| Anaphora | The repetition of the same term beginning successive clauses. |
| Epistrophe | The repetition of the same term at the ending of successive clauses. |
| Anadiplosis | Using the same term at the end of one clause at the beginning of the next one. |
| Epanalepsis | When the same word appears at the beginning and end. |
| Polysyndeton | Traditionally a comma follows each item in the list with a conjunction(and) between the last two. Places a conjunction after every term except the last. |
| Asyndeton | Traditionally a comma follows each item in the list with a conjunction(and) between the last two. Uses no conjunctions and separates terms of the series with commas. |
| Telegraphic | Shorter than five words. |
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