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| Makes a statement Example: The man died. |
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Gives a command
Example: Don't Die |
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Asks a question.
Did he die? |
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Makes an exclamation
Oh, Please don't die! |
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| shorter than 5 words in length |
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| beteween five and eight word in length |
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| approximately nine to eight words in length |
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| between nineteen and twenty nine words in length |
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| Long and involved sentence |
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| thirty words or more in length |
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| contains one independent clause , may contain compound subject or verb |
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| contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction or by a semicolon. |
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| Contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate (dependent ) clauses |
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| Compound- complex sentence |
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| contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent (subordinate) clauses |
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| refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence . It shows that the ideas or word are parallel or similar through the use of perpositional , infinitive , participle or gerund phrases |
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| the elements taht are arranged in parallel structure and are sharply opposed |
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| the placing in immediately succeding order of two or more cordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation , qualification or modification of the first. The syntactical unit is often set off by a colon |
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| a condensed form of expression in which words, phrases or clauses custumarily joined by conjunctions are presented in series without the conjunctions |
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| choosing to have too many conjunctions |
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one of the devices of repetition in wh ich the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses or sentences
Ex: For Truth is one, and right is never one |
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| one of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences |
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| verb before subject or the object before the subject |
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| the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order |
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