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5141678995SyntaxSentence structure0
5141678996Declarative sentenceStatement1
5141678997Imperative sentenceCommand2
5141678998Interrogative sentenceQuestion3
5141678999Exclamatory sentenceShows strong emotion4
5141679000Emphatic statementShort, powerful sentence5
5141679001SubjectWho or what the sentence is about6
5141679002PredicateThe action of the sentence7
5141679003Simple sentenceOne complete independent clause8
5141679004Compound sentenceTwo complete independent clauses but no dependent clauses9
5141679005Complex sentenceOne complete independent clause with at least one dependent clause10
5141679006Compound-complex sentenceTwo independent clauses and at least one dependent clause11
5141679007ClauseContains a subject AND a verb12
5141679008PhraseDoes not contain a subject AND a verb13
5141679009Independent clauseContains a complete thought and has a subject AND a verb14
5141679010Dependent clauseDoes not contain a complete thought but does have a subject AND a verb15
5141742477periodic (loose) sentenceA sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.16
5141744383cumulative sentencesentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on17
5141747841balanced sentenceA sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast18
5141747842juxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts19
5141749093antithesisA statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced20
5141750181anadiplosisWord that ends a sentence, starts the next one.21
5141752456anaphoraA rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.22
5141753102epistrophethe repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences23
5141761179anastropheInversion of the natural or usual word order24
5141764705asyndetonA construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions25
5141764706polysyndetonDeliberate use of many conjunctions26
5141766562chiasmusA statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed27

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