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shorter than five words in length
5-8 words
18 words in length
30+ words in length
Short: emotional Long: intellectual
1 independent clause
2 independent clause joined by conjunction or semicolon
contains independent clause and one or more dependent clause
one in which the main clause comes first, followed by further dependent grammatical units
main clause is withheld until the end
connects words between sentences
juxtaposes sentences
divides verb into two parts with the subject coming in the middle
refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence.
placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first
choosing to have too many conjunctions.
one of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and end
one of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines , clauses , or sentences
peculiar form of repetition in which the second half of the sentence repeats the letters of the first half in the opposite order
sentence or word order this often involves putting the verb before the subject
the normal way of the sentence
repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against first but with the parts reversed
function of rhythm , sound devices , but also length of words , number of conjunctions used , and length of sentence
arrangement of words in meaningful patterns
an important idea

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