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2834135681declarative sentencestatement0
2834136186imperativecommand1
2834136187interrogativequestion2
2834136726exclamatoryexpressive3
2834137335simple sentence1 independent clause4
2834137890complexindependent +subordinate clause5
2834140158compound-complex sentencetwo or more independent and one or more subordinate6
2834141989loose/cumulative sentencemain clause at the beginning(main clause +subordinate)7
2834154953periodic sentencesubordinate then main clause ex: as we started to arrange the pieces on the board, I was startled by the sight of his crippled right hand.8
2834163053convoluted sentenceperiodic sentence, subordinate inside the main clause. ie: Now demons, whatever else they may be, are full of interest.9
2834171537balanced sentencevisit either you like; they're both mad constructions with the same form/ length, divided equally in half10
2834177814antithesisCattiness is a cold war staged by women; macho is a hotter war fought by men. type of balance, direct opposites11
2834181036parallelismsame grammatical relationship12
2834186267inverted word orderhim the future invites13
2834187069natural word ordersubject-verb-object14
2834189528rhetorical questionnot really seeking an answer15
2834190010repetitionrepetition repetition repetition16
2834190498anaphoraI didn't like the swimming pool, I didn't like swimming and I didn't like the swimming instructor.17
2834193088antistrophehe eats american, talks american, he will be american or nothing18
2834195111anadiplosisto philosophizee is to understand, to understand is to explain oneself, to explain is to relate same term beginning and end19
2834208826epanalepsisproblem gives rise to problem same word beginning and end20
2834233276polysndetonit is the season of suicide and divorce and prickly dread, whenever it blows21
2834274062asyndetonhis care, his food, his shelter his education-all of these were by products of the parents' position22
2834279642telegraphicsentence shorter than 5 words23
2834280497medium lengthabout 18 words24
2834281128long length30 or more25
2834282657chiasmus/antimetabolebooks are among the best things, well used; abused the worst key terms reversed26
2834285319zeugmashe left his apartment with arnished virtue and a new mink pun involving a verb27

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