Sentence Types
This sentence type combines two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
This pair of words refers to the result of an action or influencing something.
What are affect and effect?
A reference to another text, event, or person
What is an allusion?
The sense of being emotionally detached from society and others.
What is alienation?
A character that lacks depth and does not change throughout the story.
What is a flat character?
This sentence type includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
Use this word when referring to two things, and the other when referring to three or more.
What are between and among?
A sign believed to predict the future.
What is an omen?
The experience of being set apart from others physically or emotionally.
What is isolation?
A well-developed and multidimensional character.
What is a round character?
Why is this not a simple sentence? I have a dog, and I walk her everyday.
It has two independent clauses.
One refers to the seat of government, and the other to a building where legislators meet.
What are capital and capitol?
This adds depth to a story by having a literal and symbolic meaning.
What is a symbol?
The ability to make choices in a world indifferent to meaning.
What is free will?
A character that remains the same, regardless of the story’s events.
What is a static character?
A sentence that includes at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
One means certain, while the other implies defiance.
What are definitely and defiantly?
The central idea or message in a story or artwork.
What is a theme?
The philosophical idea of life lacking inherent meaning.
What is absurdity?
A character that undergoes significant internal change.
What is a dynamic character?
Identify the type of sentence: “Although it was raining, they went to the park, and they had a picnic under the gazebo.”
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The sweet course of a meal or a sandy region.
What are dessert and desert?
The use of descriptive language to engage the senses.
What is imagery?
The inevitability of death and its impact on human existence.
What is mortality?
A recurring symbol that supports a story’s theme.
What is a motif?