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| 9813144189 | Periodic Sentence | Makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached. (point made at end) | 0 | |
| 9813144190 | Cumulative Sentence | Makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending. The sentence could end before the modifying phrases without losing its coherence. | 1 | |
| 9813209524 | Compound Sentence | Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. | 2 | |
| 9813212097 | Complex Sentence | Contains and independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses | 3 | |
| 9813215451 | Compound- Complex Sentence | contains two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. | 4 | |
| 9813220989 | Simple Sentence | Contains one independent clause | 5 | |
| 9813229331 | Interrogative | A sentence that asks a question | 6 | |
| 9813226381 | Imperative | A sentence that gives a command. | 7 | |
| 9813234148 | Declarative | A sentence that makes a statement. | 8 | |
| 9813236422 | Exclamatory | A sentence that provides emphasis or expresses strong emotion. | 9 | |
| 9813251144 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 10 | |
| 9813246622 | Inversion | Constructing a sentence o the predicate comes before the subject. This is a device in which typical sentence patterns are reversed to create an emphatic or rhythmic affect. | 11 | |
| 9813254079 | Chiasmus | A sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in a second clause is a reversal of the first. | 12 | |
| 9813257084 | Polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | 13 | |
| 9813264464 | Zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one | 14 | |
| 9823667228 | syntax | In grammar, the arrangement of words as elements i a sentence to show their relationship. | 15 | |
| 9823685536 | ad hominem fallacy | a fallacy of logic in which a person's character or motive is attacked instead of the person's argument. | 16 | |
| 9823715907 | ad populum fallacy | a fallacy of logic in which the widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make it true or right. | 17 | |
| 9827970049 | eulogistic | involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually for the dead | 18 | |
| 9827972766 | pious | displaying a reverence for God | 19 | |
| 9827975201 | venerative | regarding with reverence | 20 | |
| 9827979989 | laudatory | containing and expressing praise | 21 | |
| 9828015114 | anticlimax | a sudden drop from the dignified or important in thought or expression to the commonplace or trivial, often for humorous affect. | 22 | |
| 9828037885 | damning with faint praise | intentional use of a positive statement that has negative implications. | 23 | |
| 9828109241 | deduction | A form of reasoning that begins with a generalization,the applies the generalization to a specific case or case. opposite induction. | 24 | |
| 9828125168 | induction | a form of reasoning which works from a body of fact to the formulation of a generalization. opposite deduction | 25 | |
| 9828141670 | euphemism | the use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but that is also less distasteful or less offensive than another. | 26 | |
| 9828150891 | digression | a temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing | 27 | |
| 9828156684 | inverted syntax | reversing the normal word order in a sentence. (Yoda talk) | 28 | |
| 9828160553 | litotes | a figure in which an affirmative is expressed by a negation of the contrary. | 29 | |
| 9828168135 | non sequitur | sentence that doesn't follow logically from the sentence preceding it. | 30 | |
| 9828182319 | syllogism | in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from them. | 31 |
