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simple sentence

has one independent clause
ex) The children played in the snow.

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compound sentence

has two or more independent clauses
ex) The children played in the snow, and then they ate candy canes

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complex sentence

has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
ex) After the children played in the snow, they ate candy canes.

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compound-complex sentence

has two or more independent and one or more dependent clauses
ex) After the children played in the snow, they ate candy canes, and then they watched a movie.

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declaritive sentence

makes a statement

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imperative sentence

gives a command

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interrogative sentence

asks a question

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exclamatory sentence

makes an exclamation

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loose sentence

makes a complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending

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periodic sentence

makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached

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balanced sentence

the phrases and clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning or length

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modifier

alters or intensifies meaning
ex) The cat pounced on the mouse very suddenly. (Suddenly acts as the modifier)

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antecedent

the word or group of words to which a pronoun refers
ex) The cat ate the mouse but left another one outside. (The pronoun “one” establishes its meaning from the antecedent “mouse”)

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Anaphora

the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
ex) “Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.”

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Antithesis

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas for emphasis
ex) “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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Asyndeton

the omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses
ex) “I came; I saw; I conquered.”

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Chiasmus

words are presented and then restated in reverse order
ex) “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"

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Climax

a writer arranges ideas in order of importance
ex) I spend the day cleaning the house, reading a book, and putting my life in order.

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Inversion

a verb comes before the subject in a sentence
ex) Tired is he who faithfully completes his homework

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Parallelism

crafting sentences so that items are placed in comparable grammatical structures
ex) I like cooking better than I like washing dishes. (cooking and washing are parallel constructions.) Contrast with: I like cooking better than I like to do the dishes.