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1
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Simple sentence

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One clause

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Compound sentence

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2 main clauses + coordinating conjunction

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Complex sentence

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Independent clause + dependent clause

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Minor sentence

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Missing a main verb or subject

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Complex - compound sentence

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2+ independent clauses
1 + dependant clause

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Declarative sentence

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Provides info
States a fact

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Interrogative sentence

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Asks a question
Makes a request

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Imperative sentence

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Express comand
Instruction

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Tag question

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At the end of a statement to make it a question

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Exclamation

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Exclamatory sentence
Ends in a question mark

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Subordinate clause

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Subject + verb
Can’t stand alone

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Conditional clause

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Subordinate clause that refers to a hypothetical

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Temporal clause

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Informs a reader about the time

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Active voice

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Subject is doing the action

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Passive voice

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Shows interest of the person / objective that experiences the action

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16
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Triad

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Group of 3

17
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Synthetic parallelism

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Expansion of the idea of the first in the second

18
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Asyndetic listing

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Commas

19
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Syndetic listing

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Conjunctions

20
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Main clause

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Stand alone as a sentence

21
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Co - ordinate clause

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Conjunctions connecting 2 sentences

22
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Stranded co - ordinate clause

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??

23
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Concussive subordinate clause

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Situation that contrasts main clause

24
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Subordinate clause of reason

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Purpose something occures

25
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Relative subordinate clause

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Modifies a noun

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Left branching sentence

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Purpose before a sentence

27
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Periodic sentence

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Complex sentence with the main clause at the end of a sentence

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