Ap Comp

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Compound Sentence -

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two independent sentences connected by a linking word (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

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Complex Sentence -

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a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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Compound-Complex sentence-

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a sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

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Declarative Sentence-

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a statement usually of fact or observation.

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Imperative Sentence-

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a sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat.

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Hortative Sentence-

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a sentence that exhorts, advises, or calls to action.

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Interrogative-.

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a sentence used to ask a question

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Prolepsis-

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foreseeing and forestalling objections to an argument.

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Infinitive Phrase

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-the word to + a verb

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Gerund Phrase-

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a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun.

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Predicate Adjective-

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an adjective that comes after the noun in a sentence.

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Predicate Nominative or Subject Compliment-

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a noun or pronoun that comes after the subject of the sentence and after a linking verb.

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A Participial Phrase-
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when a verb is used as an adjective

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Prepositional Phrase-

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a preposition is any word or grouping of words that indicates the spatial, temporal, or logical relationship of the object/subject to the rest
of the sentence. Generally tells us when or where the subject was doing something.

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Preposition List:

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out, above, according to, across, after, against, along, along with, among, apart from, around, as, as for, at, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, by means of, concerning, despite, down, during, except, except for, excepting, for, from, in, in addition to, in back of, in case of, in front of, in place of, inside, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, next, of, off, on, onto, on top of, out, out of, outside, over, past, regarding, round, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, unlike, until, up, upon, up to, with, within, without.

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Use an appositive-

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an appositive renames another noun right beside it. It gives us more information about the original noun.

During the dinner conversation, Clifford, the messiest eater at the table, spewed mashed potatoes like a volcano. The messiest eater at the table is the appositive. It gives us more information about Clifford.

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Anaphora-

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence. Used
for emphasis.

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Epistrophe-

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the ending of sentences. Used for emphasis.

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Allusion-

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a reference to an outside person, place, event, text, or work of art.

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Apostrophe-

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a sentence in which an abstract quality is directly addressed, whether present or not.

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Parallel Structure-

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parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. Often used to convey a sense of being composed, controlled, and logical.

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Conditional Clause-

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used to show that the second condition is caused by the first condition happens.

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Chiasmus-

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a figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated exactly, or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause (A-B-B-A).

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Zeugma-

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the use of one word in two way grammatically different ways

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Antithesis-

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opposition, or contrast, of ideas, or words in a balanced or parallel construction.

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Cumulative Sentence (Loose Sentence)-

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an independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea.

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Periodic Sentence-

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a long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word

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Metonymy-

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a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. a rhetorical strategy used to describe something indirectly by referring to things around it

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Synecdoche-

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a specific form of metonymy. Substitutes a word that refers to a specific thing or person (noun) instead of a concept/idea or action.

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Tautology-

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repetition of an idea or words, whether the same word or synonymous words. Can be used to reinforce an idea by repeating is needlessly.

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Pleonasm-

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using more adjectives than necessary to convey an idea. Can be used to reinforce an idea by describing it redundantly.