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| 6040478761 | Loose Sentence (structure) | Makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending | 0 | |
| 6040482384 | Loose Sentence (example) | We reached Denver/that morning/after a turbulent flight/and some exciting experiences. | 1 | |
| 6040487199 | Periodic Sentence (structure) | Makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached | 2 | |
| 6040490648 | Periodic Sentence (example) | That morning, after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, we reached Denver. | 3 | |
| 6040503162 | Balanced Sentence (structure) | The phrases and clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or length | 4 | |
| 6040509424 | Balanced Sentence (example) | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. | 5 | |
| 6040514815 | Simple Sentence (structure) | Contains one subject and one verb | 6 | |
| 6040517329 | Simple Sentence (example) | The singer bowed to her adoring audience. | 7 | |
| 6040522186 | Compound Sentence (structure) | Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction or by a semicolon. Has two or more main, complete thoughts. Two or more simple sentences are joined, usually with "or," "but," or "and." | 8 | |
| 6040535318 | Compound Sentence (example) | The singer bowed to the audience, but she sang no encores. | 9 | |
| 6040540014 | Complex Sentence (structure) | Has one simple sentence and one or more clauses. These clauses are connected to the simple sentence with words like "because," "while," "when," "if," "as," "although," "since," "unless," "after," "so," "which," "who," and "that." | 10 | |
| 6040554571 | Complex Sentence (example) | After she bowed to the audience, the singer sang an encore. | 11 | |
| 6040559807 | Compound-Complex Sentence (structure) | Contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses | 12 | |
| 6040565736 | Compound-Complex Sentence (example) | The singer bowed while the audience applauded, but she sang no encores. | 13 |
