Sentence Types and Rhetorical Devices

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What is a Declarative Sentence?

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A sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period. Example: The sky is blue.

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What is an Exclamatory Sentence?

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A sentence that expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark. Example: What a beautiful day!

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What is an Imperative Sentence?

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A sentence that gives a command or request. It can end with a period or an exclamation mark. Example: Close the door! / Please sit down.

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What is an Interrogative Sentence?

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A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark. Example: What time is it?

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What is a Command?

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A type of imperative sentence that directs someone to do something. Example: Stop talking!

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What is Parallelism?

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The repetition of similar grammatical structures in a sentence or passage. Example: “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

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What is Isocolon?

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A type of parallelism in which phrases or clauses have the same length and structure. Example: “Buy one, get one.”

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What is Tricolon?

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A series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses. Example: “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

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What is Antithesis?

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The placement of contrasting ideas in parallel structures. Example: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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What is Juxtaposition?

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Placing two contrasting ideas or images next to each other to highlight differences. Example: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”