6779077993 | Simple Sentence | Contains one subject and one verb. Ex: The singer bowed to her adoring audience. | 0 | |
6779077994 | Compound Sentence | Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction (and, but, or), or by a semicolon. Ex: The singer bowed to the audience, but the listeners requested no encores. | 1 | |
6779077995 | Complex sentence | Contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Ex: You said that you would tell the truth. | 2 | |
6779077996 | Compound-Complex sentence | Contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. Ex: The singer bowed while the audience applauded, but the crowd requested no encores. | 3 | |
6779077997 | Loose Sentence | Make complete sense if bought to a close before the actual ending. Ex.The woman died, because she was pushed off the cliff. | 4 | |
6779077998 | Periodic Sentence | Makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached. Ex. The woman that was so nice and caring was found dead. | 5 | |
6779077999 | Balanced Sentence | The phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness or structure, meaning, and/o length. Ex. The band played their song, but the crowd was not cheering. | 6 | |
6779078000 | Monosyllabic | One syllable in length. Ex. Huh, No, Etc. | 7 | |
6779078001 | Polysyllabic | More than one syllable in length. Ex. Familiar, Marvelous, Etc. | 8 | |
6779078002 | Colloquial | Slang Ex. Y'all | 9 | |
6779078003 | Denotative | Containing an exact meaning Ex. Stop: to not be in motion | 10 | |
6779078004 | Connotative | Containing a suggested meaning. Ex. You are obese. To be way over one's weight limit. | 11 | |
6779078005 | Concrete | Specific Ex. You are 7 years old. | 12 | |
6779078006 | Abstract | General Ex. Joy, shame, beauty, etc. | 13 | |
6779078007 | Euphonious | Pleasant sounding Ex. Harmonic | 14 | |
6779078008 | Cacophonous | Harsh sounding Ex. Sucker | 15 |
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