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AP LIT Syntax
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Declarative sentence | Makes a statement (Chispas is cute.) |
| Imperative sentence | Gives a command (Pet Chispas!) |
| Interrogative sentence | Asks a question (Why is Chispas so cute?) |
| Exclamatory sentence | Exclaims (No, Chispas!) |
| Simple sentence | One independent clause (I read the book.) |
| Compound sentence | Two independent clauses (I read the book, and it was really good.) |
| Complex sentence | One independent clause and at least one dependent clause (Before I got here, I read the book.) |
| Compound-Complex | Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause (Before I got here, I read the book, and it was really good.) |
| Loose sentence | Makes sense before the period (Chispas chased the ball down the long hall lined with picture, keepsakes, and memories of the past.) |
| Periodic sentence | Must read until the period (After a long walk, during which we chased several cats, we arrived home.) |
| Balanced sentence | Sentence is made up of two equal parts (Chispas darted after the cat, and she pulled on the leash.) |
| Antithetical sentence | Two statements that are the opposite (She was easy on the eyes but hard on the heart.) |
| Inverted syntax | Putting the sentence in an unnatural order (like Yoda) (To Chispas alone I gave a treat.) |
| Chiasmus | Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. |
| Parallelism | Matching grammatical structures (Daisy licked my hand, pawed my arm, and scratched my shoulder.) |
| Anaphora | Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses (The dogs ran outside to chase the cats. The dogs ran off howling.) |
| Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last words at the beginning of the next phrase (Chispas dug up the bone. The bone was covered in dirt.) |
| Epanalepsis | Repeating the beginning at the end (The wall was torn apart, and I knew that Chispas loved to chew on the walls.) |
| Epistrophe | Repetition at the ends (I knew Daisy was shy, but her fear of strangers is more than just being shy.) |
| Stichomythia | Repetition and banter in dialogue |
| Zeugma | Using a verb in two different ways (Chispas destroyed the wall and my hopes of getting my rent deposit back.) |
| Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions (Daisy rolled on the grass and rolled in the sand and rolled in the dirt and brought it all into the house.) |
| Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions (Chispas chewed the toilet paper, broke a bowl, bit Daisy, knocked over her water before I could even open the door.) |
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knh1500
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