Sentence Types

Sentence Types

Structure and Style

​There are two categories to describe sentences

• ​Sentence Style (Stylistic)

• ​Sentence Structure (Grammatical)

Sentence Structures

The stylistic categories

Declarative

• A sentence that tells us something

Interrogative

• A sentence that asks a question

Imperative

• A sentence that gives a command

Exclamatory

• A sentence that has big emotion

Multiple Choice

What kind os sentence asks a question?

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Questionary

Multiple Choice

What kind of sentences tells someone to do something?

• Imperative

• Declarative

• Commanding

• Analytical

Multiple Choice

What kind of sentence has big emotion?

• Questionary

• Imperative

• Emotional

• Exclamatory

Sentence Structures

The grammatical categories

Simple sentence

• Has one independent clause

Compound Sentence

• Combines two independent clauses with a conjunction

Complex sentence

• Contains an independent and a dependent clause

Compound Complex

• Combines a compound and complex sentence together

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is this?

"I like to read books and I love the library."

• Complex Exclamatory

• Complex

  Imperative

• Compound Interrogatory

• Compound Declarative

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is this?

"Once I finish the dishes, I will put them away."

• Compound

• Complex

• Simple Compound

• Compound Complex

Multiple Choice

When you write a sentence and you use an independent clause, it is most likely what kind of sentence?

• Complex

• Simple

• Declamation

• Compound

Multiple Choice

When you are creating a compound sentence, you need what type of word?

• Adjective

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Transition

Multiple Choice

Sentences that use this punctuation do what?

"!"

• Scream at the reader

• Show a strong feeling

• Declare a problem

• Interrogate the audience