This sentence is composed of one subject and one verb. Ex. "The cat ran across the road."
What is a simple sentence.
100
This is a contrast used for emphasis. Ex. "India is a poetic nation, yet it demands new electrical plants."
What is antithesis.
100
These terms are used to identify BOTH the deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis AND the deliberate omission of conjunctions for special emphasis.
What is polysyndeton and asyndeton
200
A group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. It is not a sentence.
What is a dependent clause.
200
In this sentence, the main idea is withheld until the very end. Ex. "After denouncing his accusers and asserting his own innocence time and time again, the Statement Department Official resigned."
What is a periodic sentence.
200
This sentence is composed of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Ex. "What I really understand grammar and when I actually put it to use, my grades in English will improve."
What is a complex sentence.
200
This is when otherwise unassociated ides, words, or phrases are placed next to one another in order to create an effect. Ex. "The apparition of these faces in a crowd / Petals on a wet, black bough."
What is juxtaposition.
200
A sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first. Ex. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
What is chiasmus
300
This is a dependent clause which is found at the beginning of the sentence and which is followed by a comma to separate it from the independent clause.
What is an introductory clause
300
In this sentence, the phrases or clauses share a likeness in structure, meaning, or length. Ex. "To err is human, to forgive divine."
What is a balanced sentence.
300
This sentence is two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semi-colon. Ex. "Go and speak."
What is a compound sentence.
300
This is a question which expects no answer from the *audience*, as the author asks it with the intent to answer it him or herself in order to draw attention to a point and avoid making a direct statement.
What is a rhetorical question.
300
The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
What is anaphora
400
The word that identifies or clarifies the meaning of a pronoun. Ex: "This cake is delicious! I wonder who made it?" This term identifies that 'it' refers to 'cake.'
What is an antecedent
400
In this sentence, the main idea is stated at the beginning of the sentence and then followed by additional information. Ex. "He resigned after denouncing his accusers and asserting his own innocence time and time again."
What is a loose/cumulative sentence.
400
A semi-colon is used to separate what two types of clauses?
What is two independent clauses.
400
This is a structural similarity between sentences of parts of a sentence.
What is parallelism.
400
The use of a verb that has two different meanings with objects that complement both meanings. Ex. "He stole both her car and her heart that fateful night."
What is zeugma
500
A modifying phrase consisting of a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause and its object. Ex. "within the room" or "out the door"
What is a prepositional phrase
500
These are the FOUR forms of functional sentences.
What is declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
500
This sentence is composed of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Ex. "Where you go I will go, and where you dwell I will dwell."
What is a compound-complex sentence.
500
When words, sounds, or ideas are used more than once for enhancing rhythm and creation emphasis.
What is repetition.
500
The same word repeated at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Ex. "I believe we should fight for justice. You believe we should fight for justice. How can we not, then, fight for justice?