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Accumulation
The resort offers skiing, snorkeling, kayaking, scuba diving, sailing, dancing, yoga, pottery and so much more!
Polyptoton
I wonder if he ever wonders about me.
Asyndeton
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Polysyndeton
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. —USPS
Active Voice
The chef prepared the meal.
Passive Voice
The meal was prepared by the chef.
Rhetorical Question
Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?
Hypophora
Why should you vote for me? I'll give you five good reasons
Anaphora
She danced with grace. She danced with passion. She danced with pure joy.
Epiphora
The journey is long, but worth it. The challenges are tough, but worth it. The destination is uncertain, but worth it.
Epimone
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word "tension." …Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths …
Diacope
To be or not to be.
Relative Pronouns
Subordinate Conjunctions
Comparative Clause Terms
Coordinating Conjunctions
Simple
The queen is sick.
The queen and her staff
are sick.
Compound
The queen is sick; her husband remains healthy.
The queen is sick, but her husband remains healthy.
Complex
Because the queen is sick, her husband might have to run the country.
Her husband might have to run the country since the queen is sick.
Compound - Complex
Because the queen is sick, she cannot run the country, so her husband might have to rule in her place.
Telegraphic
5 words or less
Short
6-10 words
Medium
11-29 words
Long
30 or more words
Declarative
The queen is sick.
Imperative
Stand up. OR Stand up!
Interrogative
Is the queen sick?
Exclamatory
The queen is dead!
Absolute Phrase
Engine running…
Appositive phrase
The car, a red Ferrari, …
Shifted Adjectives
My mom, hyper and happy, …
Participial Phrase
His hands were really strong, gripping the bar firmly.
Action Verb
The snow shimmers…
