Syntax- the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.
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| 13248219612 | Declarative | A sentence that makes a statement. [I went to the store.] |  | 0 |
| 13248219613 | Imperative | A sentence that gives a command. [Go to the store.] |  | 1 |
| 13248219614 | Interrogative | A sentence that asks a question [Is this a store?] |  | 2 |
| 13248219615 | Exclamatory | A sentence that provides emphasis or expresses strong emotion. [What a wonderful store!] |  | 3 |
| 13248219616 | Simple Sentence | Contains one independent clause (subject-verb) [I went to the store.] |  | 4 |
| 13248219617 | Compound Sentence | Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. [I went to the store, and I bought candy.] [I went to the store; I bought candy.] |  | 5 |
| 13248219618 | Complex Sentence | Contains an independent clause and one or more dependent/subordinate clauses. [While traveling to the store, I saw my friend.] |  | 6 |
| 13248219619 | compound-complex sentence | contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent/subordinate clauses. [While traveling to the store, I saw my friend, and she gave me money for candy.] |  | 7 |
| 13248219620 | Cumulative Sentence | A sentence that is an independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea; particularly good for setting a scene or for panning, as with a camera, a place or critical moment, a journey or a remembered life, in a way not dissimilar to the run-on. (also known as loose sentences) ["He dipped his hands in the bichloride solution and shook them--a quick shake, fingers down, like the fingers of a pianist above the keys." (Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith, 1925)] | 8 | |
| 13248219622 | Inversion | The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase (variation of the subject-verb-object order). This is a device in which typical sentence patterns are reversed to create an emphatic or rhythmic affect. [Never again will you do that. Never a day had she missed her lessons. Rarely have I eaten better food. Hardly ever does he come to class on time.] | 9 | |
| 13248219624 | Parallel Structure | The repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure |  | 10 |
| 13248219630 | Polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') |  | 11 |
| 13267433822 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader. [Of all the boys it could have been, of all the people it could have been, it was the one person she most wanted to see, George.] | | 12 |
| 13267483977 | punctuation | the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning. |  | 13 |
| 13267489817 | semicolon | a punctuation mark that gives equal weight to two or more independent clauses in a sentence. Writers use this to reinforce parallel ideas and show how both ideas are equally important. |  | 14 |
| 13267518878 | colon | a punctuation mark that directs the reader's attention to the words that follow. Writers use this to show the reader the information after it is important. | 15 | |
| 13267531571 | dash | A punctuation mark (—) used to indicate a sudden break in thought or tone or sets off a brief summary |  | 16 |
| 13491309310 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions |  | 17 |
| 13492960334 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses |  | 18 |
