Language Syntax and Vocabulary

What special type of sentence is the following: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

• chiasmus

• anaphora

• inverted

• rhetorical

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What special type of sentence is the following: "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools"

• chiasmus

• antithesis

• interrogative

• triadic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What special type of sentence is the following: "What happens to a dream deferred?"

• antithesis

• periodic

• cumulative

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What special type of sentence is the following: After shopping at the mall, walking the dogs, and washing the car, I finally got to stay in and relax.

• cumulative

• inverted

• periodic

• imperative

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What special type of sentence is the following: "I came; I saw; I conquered."

• chiasmus

• antithesis

• triadic

• inverted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What special type of sentence is the following: "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessing; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

• inverted

• cumulative

• triadic

• parallel

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

What special type of sentence is the following: Down that dark path sits the haunted house.

• inverted

• cumulative

• chiasmus

• interrogative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What special type of sentence is the following: Wolves are important in a habitat because they control the numbers of elk, which in turn allows trees to mature, so they can offer shelter to birds and insects.

• periodic

• cumulative

• inverted

• triadic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What type of sentence is the following: She is going to fall!

• imperative

• declarative

• exclamatory

• interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What type of sentence is the following: Did you complete the assignment?

• imperative

• declarative

• periodic

• interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D