Sentence Types
Has one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
Clean your room.
What is an imperative sentence?
"That’s one step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
What is parallelism?
A sentence shorter than 5 words in length.
What is a telegraphic sentence?
Has one independent clause and one or more dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
I love my dog.
Declarative sentence.
Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.
What is antithesis?
Love is patient, love is kind. (2 answers)
What is parallelism or parataxis?
We went to the park, played on the jungle gym, ran around, had a picnic… That was about it!
What is asydenton?
A statement that conveys strong emotion or excitement.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
Her cooking isn’t terrible, exactly.
What is a litotes?
Has two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
"Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate."-John F. Kennedy
What is chiasmus?
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers.” (the U.S. Postal Service Creed)
What is polysyndeton?
“She broke his car and his heart.”
What is syllepsis/zeugma?
What sentence type is this?
Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.
What is a complex sentence?
Has two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
Makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
I want pizza, he wants pizza, we all want pizza!
What is epiphora/epistrophe?
Has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
What sentence type is this?
The dog started barking so the cat ran away and I couldn't keep up, so I stopped.
What is a compound-complex sentence?