Establishing a clear, contrasting one small step for man, “That’s relationship between two ideas by [an-tith-uh-sis] joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel one giant leap for mankind.” structure. Neil Armstrong A crossing parallelism, where the gallant men will remain often in my thoughts second part of a grammatical “Those [kahy-az-muhs] construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in and in my prayers always.” reverse order. MacArthur Expressing parallel or like ideas-- The government of the people, for the people, by the often compound. people not perish from the earth. [par-uh-le-liz-uhm] Sentence Declarative A declarative sentence does Tonight, the Lakers will play the Knicks. Types-Purpose [di-klar-uh-tiv] exactly what its name implies: It or states something. “declares” Imperative commands, requests, or instructs. Come here right now. [im-per-uh-tiv] The subject is most often but understood. Exclamatory expresses strong emotion. I hope we will never again undergo such an ordeal! [ik-sklam-uh-tawr-ee] asks a question. Who was the contestant most recently fired by The Interrogative “interrogates”—it [in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv] Donald? Sentence Simple contains a one subject and at Tom and Phil made the pizza. Types-Structure [sim-puhl] least one predicate; it can stand alone because it expresses a complete thought. Compound Contains two or more independent We were exhausted, but we arrived in time for my clauses [kom-pound] father's birthday party. Complex Contains one independent clause Although he is now 79 years old, he still claims to be [kom-pleks] and one or more dependent 65. clauses Contains two or more independent After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we clauses and one or more were planning something, but we think he was really dependent clauses. surprised.
[an-tith-uh-sis] Establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel structure. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong [kahy-az-muhs] A crossing parallelism, where the second part of a grammatical construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in reverse order. “Those gallant men will remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always.” MacArthur [par-uh-le-liz-uhm] Expressing parallel or like ideas-- often compound. The government of the people, for the people, by the people not perish from the earth. Sentence Types-Purpose Declarative [di-klar-uh-tiv] A declarative sentence does exactly what its name implies: It “declares” or states something. Tonight, the Lakers will play the Knicks. Imperative [im-per-uh-tiv] commands, requests, or instructs. The subject is most often but understood. Come here right now. Exclamatory [ik-sklam-uh-tawr-ee] expresses strong emotion. I hope we will never again undergo such an ordeal! Interrogative [in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv] “interrogates”—it asks a question. Who was the contestant most recently fired by The Donald? Sentence Types-Structure Simple [sim-puhl] contains a one subject and at least one predicate; it can stand alone because it expresses a complete thought. Tom and Phil made the pizza. Compound [kom-pound] Contains two or more independent clauses We were exhausted, but we arrived in time for my father's birthday party. Complex [kom-pleks] Contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses Although he is now 79 years old, he still claims to be 65. Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we were planning something, but we think he was really surprised.
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