AP LIT Syntax
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| shorter than five words in length | ||
| 5-8 words | ||
| 18 words in length | ||
| 30+ words in length | ||
| Short: emotional Long: intellectual | ||
| 1 independent clause | ||
| 2 independent clause joined by conjunction or semicolon | ||
| contains independent clause and one or more dependent clause | ||
| one in which the main clause comes first, followed by further dependent grammatical units | ||
| main clause is withheld until the end | ||
| connects words between sentences | ||
| juxtaposes sentences | ||
| divides verb into two parts with the subject coming in the middle | ||
| refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence. | ||
| placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first | ||
| choosing to have too many conjunctions. | ||
| one of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and end | ||
| one of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences | ||
| same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines , clauses , or sentences | ||
| peculiar form of repetition in which the second half of the sentence repeats the letters of the first half in the opposite order | ||
| sentence or word order this often involves putting the verb before the subject | ||
| the normal way of the sentence | ||
| repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order | ||
| type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against first but with the parts reversed | ||
| function of rhythm , sound devices , but also length of words , number of conjunctions used , and length of sentence | ||
| arrangement of words in meaningful patterns | ||
| an important idea |