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Compound

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A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction

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Complex

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A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.
(She won’t pass the exam unless she studies a lot).

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Loose

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A loose or cumulative sentence is one in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent clauses and phrases;

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Periodic

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a sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense.

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Balanced

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A balanced sentence applies similar structures in equal lengths and proportions.

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Parathetical

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A parenthetical remark or section is put into something written or spoken but is not essential to it. Fox was making a long parenthetical remark about his travels on the border of the country.

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Interrogative

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The kind of sentence that asks a question and uses a question mark:

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Fragment

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A sentence fragment can be fixed by analyzing it to determine what parts of speech are missing.

“The white cat sleeping on my desk” is a sentence fragment.

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Ellipses

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ellipsis means leaving out words rather than repeating them unnecessarily.

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Punctuation

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Punctuation is the use of symbols such as full stops or periods, commas, or question marks to divide written words into sentences and clauses

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