Grammar Terms Flashcards
The artistic elimination of conjunctions in a sentence to create a particular effect
Asyndeton
A noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns placed next to another word or phrase to identify or rename it
Appositive
A sentence made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure
Balanced sentence
A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first parts reversed
Chiasmus
A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Complex sentence
A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses
Compound sentence
A sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one independent clause
Compound complex sentence
A sentence in the form of a statement
Declarative sentence
A type of sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation
Exclamatory sentence
A verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun
Gerund
Commanding sentence that can end in a period or exclamation
Imperative sentence
A verb form that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action without specifying the subject
Infinitive
A type of sentence that asks a question
Interrogative sentence
A verbal form used as an adjective
Participle
A sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense
Periodic sentence
