7290381493 | Phrase | A group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject together. | 0 | |
7290382603 | Clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a verb | 1 | |
7290384676 | Declarative Sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 2 | |
7290386567 | Imperative Sentence | a sentence that requests or commands. | 3 | |
7290389063 | Interrogative Sentence | a sentence that asks a question | 4 | |
7290390412 | Exclamatory Sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | 5 | |
7290393293 | Antithetical Sentence | a sentence in which opposites are present and maybe compared | 6 | |
7290396281 | Parallel 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 | |
7290405282 | Complex sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 8 | |
7290407009 | Compound sentence | a sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction | 9 | |
7290411867 | Compound-complex sentence | a sentence with at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses | 10 | |
7290413511 | A loose or cumulative sentence | a sentence where the main clause is at the beginning of the sentence | 11 | |
7290418539 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 12 | |
7290419619 | Simple sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 13 | |
7290420495 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 14 | |
7290421721 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 15 | |
7290422989 | Asyndeton | The omission of conjunctions between related clauses | 16 |
Syntax terms for AP Language Flashcards
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