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LUTM: Sentences Flashcards

Sentence Types; Sentence Functions; Sentence Constructions

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What is a Simple Sentence?

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A sentence type that consists of 1 clause and must have a verb.

e.g. I ran.

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What sentence type consists of 1 clause and a verb?

e.g. I ran.

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Simple Sentence!

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What is a Compound Sentence?

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A sentence type that links 2 or more clauses with a conjunction/connective.

e.g. Charlie stole the plant and the pot.

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What sentence type links 2 or more clauses with a conjunction/connective?

e.g. Charlie stole the plant and the pot.

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Compound Sentence!

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What is a Complex Sentence?

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A sentence type that consists of 2 or more clauses (one of which is subordinate), which are linked by conjunctions/connectives.

e.g. Charlie ate the sandwich, only after he stole the plant.

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What sentence type consists of 2 or more clauses (one of which is subordinate), which are linked by conjunctions/connectives?

e.g. Charlie ate the sandwich, only after he stole the plant.

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Complex Sentence!

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What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?

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A sentence type that consists of 1 subordinate clause and a number of co-ordinate clauses.

e.g. I stopped the car because there was a plant in the middle of the road and I made sure not to run over it.

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What sentence type consists of 1 subordinate clause and a number of co-ordinate clauses?

e.g. I stopped the car because there was a plant in the middle of the road and I made sure not to run over it.

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Compound-Complex Sentence!

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What is a Minor Sentence?

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A phrase or subordinate clause which is used as a full sentence.

e.g. Great plant, that.

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What sentence type uses a phrase or subordinate clause which is used as a full sentence?

e.g. Great plant, that.

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Minor Sentence!

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What is a Declarative Sentence?

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A sentence function that gives information and/or states facts.

e.g. The plant is gone.

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What sentence function gives information and/or states facts?

e.g. The plant is gone.

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Declarative Sentence!

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What is an Interrogative Sentence?

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A sentence function that acts as a question.

e.g. Are you going to give me the plant?

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What sentence function acts as a question?

e.g. Are you going to give me the plant?

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Interrogative Sentence!

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What is an Imperative Sentence?

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A sentence function that acts as a command or instruction.

e.g. Give me the plant.

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What sentence function acts as a command or instruction?

e.g. Give me the plant.

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Imperative Sentence!

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What is an Exclamatory Sentence?

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A sentence that includes an exclamation mark, which typically indicates heightened emotions.

e.g. Give me the damn plant!

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What sentence function features an exclamation mark, and acts as an indicator of heightened emotion?

e.g. Give me the damn plant!

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Exclamatory Sentence!

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What is a Tag Question?

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A sentence function that utilises an imperative or declarative in conjunction with a short tag clause on the end.

e.g. Give me that plant, will you?

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What sentence function utilises an imperative or declarative sentence function in conjunction with a short tag clause?

e.g. Give me that plant, will you?

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Tag Question!

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What is a Left-Branching Sentence?

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A sentence construction featuring long amounts of information before the subject of the sentence is introduced.

e.g. Disoriented, dazed, discombobulated and unaware, Charlie gave away the plant.

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What sentence construction features a lengthy amount of information before the subject of the sentence is introduced?

e.g. Disoriented, dazed, discombobulated and unaware, Charlie gave away the plant.

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Left-Branching Sentences!

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What is a Periodic Sentence?

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A sentence construction that utilises a complex sentence type which starts with a sub-ordinate clause and ends with the main clause.

e.g. While I was having a snooze. Charlie stole the plant back off of me.

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What sentence construction utilises a complex sentence type which starts with a sub-ordinate clause and ends with the main clause?

e.g. While I was having a snooze. Charlie stole the plant back off of me.

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Periodic Sentence!

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What is a Triadic Sentence?

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A collective sentence construction that consists of a pattern of 3 words or phrases.

e.g. We came, we saw, we took the plant.

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What sentence construction consists of a pattern of 3 words or phrases?

e.g. We came, we saw, we took the plant.

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Triadic Sentence!

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What is Syntactic Parallelism?

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A collective sentence construction where a sentence’s structure is repeated.

e.g. If the plant is stolen, we will crumble. If we crumble, we will fall into dispair.

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What sentence construction repeats a structure?

e.g. If the plant is stolen, we will crumble. If we crumble, we will fall into dispair.

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Syntactic Parallelism!

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What is Active Voice?

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A voicing/sentence construction that follows the order of S.A.O (Subject, Act, Object).

e.g. Charlie stole the Plant.

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What voicing/sentence construction follows the S.A.O (Subject, Act, Order) structure?

e.g. Charlie stole the Plant.

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Active Voice!

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What is Passive Voice?

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The voicing/sentence structure that follows the order of O.A.S (Object, Act, Subject).

e.g. The plant was stolen by Charlie.

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What voicing/sentence construction follows the O.A.S (Object, Act, Subject) structure?

e.g. The plant was stolen by Charlie.

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Passive Voice!

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What is a Syndetic List?

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A list type/sentence construction that lists various terms with connectives.

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What list type/sentence construction lists various terms with connectives?

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Syndetic List!

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What is an Asyndetic List?

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A list type/sentence construction that lists various terms with commas and/or semi-colons.

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What list type/sentence construction lists various terms with commas and/or semi-colons?

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Asyndetic List!

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What is Parenthesis?

e.g. Now (because I had prepared before hand) it’s time to steal the plant back!

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A sentence construction that contains an aside within a pair of brackets or hyphens.

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What sentence construction contains an aside within a pair or brackets or hyphens?

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Parenthesis!

e.g. Now (because I had prepared before hand) it’s time to steal the plant back!

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