Key Terms (Literature) - Syntax/Grammar/Sentence Structure. Flashcards
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Collocation
Two or more words that appear frequently as a set part of a phrase
Asyndetic Listing
Listing with commas
Ellipsis
Missing words, often used at the end of a sentence
Syndetic Listing
Commas and conjunctions when listing
Foregrounding
A change in the structure of the sentence to place emphasis on an opening statement element
End-focus
A changing in the structure of the sentence to place emphasis on the closing sentence element
Phrase
A group of words that have no finite verb
Parallelism
Comparative phrasing in text
Tripling
Rule of three
Declarative Sentence
Stating
Exclamatory Sentence
Surprise
Interrogative Sentence
Asking
Imperative Sentence
Ordering
Simple/Minor Sentence
Subject, verb and predicate
Compound Sentence
Two main clauses joined by a conjunction
Complex Sentence
Main/One or more subordinate clauses