Syntax: Sentence Structure Types

Question 1

What is the definition of Simple Sentence structure?

Answer 1

A simple sentence with just a subject and a verb

Question 2

How do you analyze simple sentences?

Answer 2

They focus on one specific fact or clarify a thought

Question 3

What is the definition of periodic sentence structure?

Answer 3

Main clause comes after some subordinate clauses

Question 4

How do you analyze periodic sentence structure?

Answer 4

Brings tension to the end of the sentence, stressing its importance

Question 5

What is the definition of Cumulative sentence structure?

Answer 5

Main clause at the start followed by subordinate clauses

Question 6

How do you analyze Cumulative sentence structure

Answer 6

Conversational tone with the main clause first then subordinate clauses after

Question 7

What is the definition of Inverted sentence structure?

Answer 7

A sentence where the subject comes after the verb

Question 8

What is an example of an inverted sentence

Answer 8

To me alone there came a thought of grief

Question 9

How do you analyze Inverted structure?

Answer 9

Sentences sound unusual to highlight a speakers thought by putting readers off rhythm

Question 10

What is the definition for Parallel/Balanced sentence structures?

Answer 10

Using the same pattern of words in similar or parallel forms

Question 11

How do you analyze Balanced/Parallel sentences?

Answer 11

Writer frames an argument in a balanced structure to draw attention

Question 12

What is a tricolon/triadic sentence?

Answer 12

3 main clauses in an overall sentence.

Question 13

What is an example of a triadic sentence structure?

Answer 13

“I came, I saw, I conquered”

Question 14

How do you analyze Triadic sentence structures?

Answer 14

The structure creates a sense of rhythm and power, and balance.

Question 15

What is a sentence with an Anaphora structure?

Answer 15

Repeating a word at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 16

What is an example of an anaphora sentence structure

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With malice toward none with charity for all

Question 17

How do you analyze an Anaphora sentence structure

Answer 17

Gives the same structure as balance and parallelism but uses low freq lexis

Question 18

What are rhetorical questions?

Answer 18

A question that doesn’t expect an answer

Question 19

What is a rhetorical question example

Answer 19

Why give up your life when you could give up billions of others?

Question 20

How do you analyze rhetorical questions

Answer 20

Makes a reader question their views when the speaker points out an issue

Question 21

What is the Definition of Chiasmus?

Answer 21

A sentence with an ABBA structure

Question 22

What is a Chiasmus sentence example?

Answer 22

Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

Question 23

How do you analyze Chiasmus?

Answer 23

Catches a readers attention by rephrasing a simple statement.

Question 24

What is an Antithesis sentence?

Answer 24

When parallelism is used to contrast words that are opposite of each other

Question 25

What are some Antithesis examples?

Answer 25

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

Question 26

How do you Analyze Antithesis

Answer 26

Shows ideas more vividly with simple speech, contrast with pros and cons

Question 27

What is an antithetical clause?

Answer 27

A group of words in the same sentence that contrast and compliment each other

Question 28

What is an example of an Antithetical clause

Answer 28

I love chocolate candy but I hate chocolate milk

Question 29

How do you analyze Antithetical clauses

Answer 29

Reverses idea of one thing by using it in a separate context, highlighting views on it.

Question 30

What is Syntactic parallelism?

Answer 30

Usage of the same verb form in a clause

Question 31

What is a Syntactic parallelism example?

Answer 31

“She wants to sing, she wants to act, she wants to dance. “

Question 32

How do you analyze Syntactic parallelism?

Answer 32

Repeated clauses provide emphasis to ideas the author is conveying and showing passion