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7290381493PhraseA group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject together.0
7290382603ClauseA group of words that contains a subject and a verb1
7290384676Declarative Sentencea sentence that makes a statement or declaration2
7290386567Imperative Sentencea sentence that requests or commands.3
7290389063Interrogative Sentencea sentence that asks a question4
7290390412Exclamatory Sentencea sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark5
7290393293Antithetical Sentencea sentence in which opposites are present and maybe compared6
7290396281Parallel sentence (Balanced Sentence)a sentence (or series of sentences) where the phrases or clauses balance each other by the likeness of their structure, meaning, or length.7
7290405282Complex sentencea sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause8
7290407009Compound sentencea sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction9
7290411867Compound-complex sentencea sentence with at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses10
7290413511A loose or cumulative sentencea sentence where the main clause is at the beginning of the sentence11
7290418539Periodic sentenceA sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.12
7290419619Simple sentenceA sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause13
7290420495SyntaxSentence structure14
7290421721Polysyndetonthe use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural15
7290422989AsyndetonThe omission of conjunctions between related clauses16

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