chapter two Rod and Staff terms

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A declarative sentence :

makes a statement

A interrogative sentene :

asks a question

An imperative sentence :

gives a command or request

An exclamatory sentence :

expresses strong feeling or emotion

natural word order :

the complete subject precedes the complete predicate

inverted word order :

the complete predicate precedes the complete subject

mixd word order :

the complete subject comes between two parts of the complete subject

phrases:

are used in a grroup of related words without a skeleton

clauses :

are a group of related words that contain a skeleton

independent clauses :

express a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence

dependent clauses :

do not express a complete thought and can only function within an independent clause

A paragraph :

is an organized unit of thought

topic sentences :

are the main idea of a paragraphs

unity:

is when every sentence supports and the develops topic setence

simple sentence :

contains one independent clause

compound sentence :

contains two or more independent clauses

complex sentence :

contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

compound-complex:

hs two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

loose sentence :

gives the main idea first and the detials later

periodic sentence :

gives the details first and saves the main idea until last

balanced sentence :

has two well -matched clauses

coherence :

happens when it's thoughts are presented in a well-organized way

Good : sentence order

helps bring coherence to a paragraph

Smooth : setence transitions

improve paragraph coherence