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| 6678400954 | polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | 0 | |
| 6678400955 | asyndeton | When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence | 1 | |
| 6678400956 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. The effect is to add emphasis and structural variety. | 2 | |
| 6678400957 | cumulative (loose) sentence | begins with an independent clause and finishes with modifying constructions | 3 | |
| 6678400958 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 4 | |
| 6678400959 | balanced sentence | a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast (George Orwell: "If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.") | 5 | |
| 6678400960 | parallel sentence (parallelism) | Two or more words or constructions must be in the same grammatical form - infinitives, verbs, gerunds, participles, perpositional phrases, clauses, etc. This style is impressive and pleasing to hear, elaborates rhythm and order, and shows economy by using one element of a sentence to server three or four others. For example: To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind. | 6 | |
| 6678400961 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 7 | |
| 6678400962 | phrase | an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb | 8 | |
| 6678400963 | inverted syntax | a sentence constructed so that the predicate comes before the subject (ex: In the woods I am walking.) | 9 | |
| 6678400964 | juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 10 | |
| 6678400965 | antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | 11 | |
| 6678400966 | sentence variety | using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect | 12 | |
| 6678400967 | simple sentence | a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses | 13 | |
| 6678400968 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 14 | |
| 6678400969 | complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause | 15 | |
| 6678400970 | compound-complex sentence | at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses | 16 | |
| 6678400971 | appositive | a noun or noun phrase that renames the noun it follows: Mrs. R, my teacher, ... | 17 | |
| 6678400972 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 18 |
