tedt Flashcards

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what’s a simple sentence

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contains only 1 verb and 1 subject eg. the child screamed.

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what’s a compound sentence

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A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. eg. this house is too expensive, and that house is too small

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what’s a complex sentence

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is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. eg. once the cake is brown, remove it from the oven

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what’s a tri colon

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use of three phrases in succession, with all three constructed in the same pattern. eg. be sincere, be brief, be seated

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whats anaphora

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of phrases or sentences eg. you cannot play, you cannot be there, you cannot help

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