Syntax terms for AP Language Flashcards

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