7588335055 | "Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses" | Parallelism | 0 | |
7588335057 | "The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure" | Antithesis | 1 | |
7588335059 | "Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses" | Anaphora | 2 | |
7588335062 | --one independent clause. The dog barks. | Simple Sentence | 3 | |
7588335063 | --one independent and one or more dependent clauses. | Complex Sentence | 4 | |
7588335065 | --two or more independent clauses | Compound Sentence | 5 | |
7588335067 | --two or more independent and one or more dependent clauses. | Compound-Complex Sentence | 6 | |
7588335069 | "This rule refers especially to loose sentences of a particular type: those consisting of two clauses, the second introduced by a conjunction or relative" | Loose Sentences | 7 | |
7588335071 | on the other hand, is one in which the most important matter arrives at the end. | Periodic Sentence | 8 | |
7588335073 | A question that conveys a point rather than expects an answer. | Rhetorical Question | 9 | |
7588335074 | Gone was the wind that had brought us here. Tired is he who faithfully does all his work. The inversion of a word order. | Inversion | 10 |
AP Language + Composition Syntax Vocabulary Flashcards
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