Advanced Syntax Techniques English 2 AAC Flashcards by S Pau

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Telegraphic Sentence

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Extremely short sentence (less than 5 words)

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Short Sentence

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5 to 8 words

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Medium Sentence

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9 to 18 words

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Long Sentence

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19 to 30 words

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Loose/Cumulative

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main clause + nonsense

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Periodic Sentence

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nonsense + main clause

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Balanced Sentence

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equal parts, meaning, or length

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Antithetical Sentence

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type of balanced sentence with opposite parts

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Parallel Structure

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SAT fave, all verb tenses are consistent

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Juxtaposition

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Contrasting, not really opposites

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Asyndeton

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missing conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

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too many conjunctions

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Ellipsis

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remove a word that’s implied

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Repetition

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normal repetition

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Anaphora

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repeat starting phrase

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Epistrophe

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repeat ending phrase

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Anadiplosis

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end phrase = new start phrase, so basically touching

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Epanalepsis

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phrase reflect about y-axis, very far apart

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Inverted Sentence

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inverted sentence that sounds overly complicated

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Antimetabole

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reversed wording

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Chiasmus

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specific type of antimetabole in poetry

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Rhetorical Fragment

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a purposefully incomplete sentence

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Rhetorical Question

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asking a question but not answering it