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| A Sentence shorter than 5 words |
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| A Sentence approximately 5 words long |
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| Approximately 18 words in length |
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| A Sentence that makes a statement,"The King Is Sick." |
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| A sentence that gives a command,"Cure The King." |
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| A Sentence that asks a question,"Is the King Sick." |
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| Provides emphasis or expresses strong emotions,"The king is dead." |
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| A sentence that contains one independent clause,"The singer bowed to her adoring audience." |
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| Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon,"The singer bowed to the audience, but she sang no encores." |
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| Contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses,"Because the singer was tired, she went straight to bed after the concert." |
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| Repetition of words or group of words at the beginning of successive sentences, paragraphs, or stanzas |
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| Compound-Complex Sentence |
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| Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinating clauses," The singer bowed while the audience applauded, but she sang no encores." |
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| Loose/Cumulative Sentence |
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| The sentence makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending,"We reached Edmonton that morning after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, tired but exhilarated, full of stories to tell our friends and neighbors," the sentence could end before the modifying phrases without losing it's coherence |
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| The sentence makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached,"That morning, after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, we reached Edmonton." |
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| In the sentences, the phrases and clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or length,"He maketh me lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside still waters." |
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| Natural Order Of A Sentence |
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| Involves Constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate," Oranges grow in California." |
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| Inverted Order Of A Sentence |
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| Involves constructing a sentence so the predicate comes before the subject,"In California grow the oranges," this is a device in which typical sentence patterns are reversed to create an emphatic or rhythmic effect |
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| A poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrase are placed next to one another, often creating an effect of surprise and wit,"The apparition of these faces in the crowd......Petals on a wet, black bough." |
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Parallel Structure
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| Refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentence or parts of a sentence. It involves an arrangement of words, phrase, sentences, and paragraphs so the elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased,"He loved swimming, running, and playing tennis." |
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| A device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis,"...government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." |
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| A question that requires no answer. It is used to draw attention to a point and is generally stronger than a direct statement,"If Mr. Ferchoff is always fair, as you have said, why does he refuse to listen to Mrs. Baldwin's arguments." |
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| A sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired effect,"Something to consider." |
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| Contrasts or or opposition of thought usually expressed in balanced grammatical construction. |
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