Rhetorical Strategies
Rhetorical Strategies
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The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP Language exam occasionally asks for the antecedent of a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or group of sentences. Example: "But it is the grandeur of all truth which can occupy a very high place in human interests that is never absolutely novel to the meanest minds; it exits eternally, by way of germ of latent principle, in the lowest as in the highest, needing to be developed but never to be planted." What is the antecedent of it?
What is an antecedent?
200
A grammatical unti that contains both a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
200
In every standard English sentence pattern, the subject comes before the verb. But if the writer chooses, he or she can invert the standard sentence pattern and put the verb before the subject. Example: Everywhere was a shadow of death.
What is an inverted sentence?
300
An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
300
A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent.
What is a complex sentence?
400
A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause.
What is a dependent (subordinate) clause?
400
A sentence that makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
500
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. Generally, loose sentences create loose style. Think informal, relaxed... Example: I arrived at the San Diego airport after a long, bumpy ride and multiple delays.
What is a loose sentence?
500
The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary defintion.
What is deduction?
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