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a question that requires no answer, used to
draw attention to a point |
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sounds and ideas are used more than once for
emphasis and rhythm. You don’t need to know the four types of repetition. |
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when 2 or more words, phrases, or clauses
have the same grammatical form & an identical grammatical relationship to the same thing |
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unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed
next to each other |
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| (conjunctions after every term in the series) and |
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| (no conjunctions to separate terms in a series) |
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short (telegraphic), medium, long, and
Hawthorne |
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rhetorical device achieved by reversing the order of
the key terms (“I am stuck on Band-aid, cause Band-aid’s stuck on
me”) |
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| pun where verb has two meanings |
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normal word order is reversed, especially when
the verb comes before the subject (like Yoda) |
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| main clause is split by subordinate elements |
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| main clause + subordinate construction |
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| subordinate construction + main clause |
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the arrangement of words within a sentence (ordering grouping, placement) or the study of the sequencing of words into phrases, clauses
and sentences. |
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| a subject is actively doing the verb |
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| can have nouns & verbals, but subject isn’t doing the verb |
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| (independent (complete sentence) & dependent/subordinate) |
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| Classification of sentences by their purpose: |
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declarative - statement
imperative - command
interrogative - question
exclamatory – emphasis or emotion |
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| Classification of sentences by their structure: |
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simple – 1 independent clause
compound – 2 independent clauses
complex – 1 independent clause & 1 or more subordinate clauses
compound-complex – 2 or more independent clauses & 1 or more
subordinate clauses |
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| Classification of sentences by their structure: |
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simple – 1 independent clause
compound – 2 independent clauses
complex – 1 independent clause & 1 or more subordinate clauses
compound-complex – 2 or more independent clauses & 1 or more
subordinate clauses |
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| 1 independent clause & 1 or more subordinate clauses |
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2 or more independent clauses & 1 or more
subordinate clauses |
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